France has accused Iran of involvement in cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration units that caused fires and food waste, Al Jazeera reported Monday.

French authorities said they had opened an investigation into a cyber unit affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps over the attacks.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said it had requested international arrest warrants for the leader of Shahid Kaveh, described as an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, and his two deputies. The report did not say the warrants had been issued.

Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the Iranian ambassador had been summoned and that sanctions would be brought against Iran at a “European level”.

The supplied report did not include an Iranian response or details about the number of supermarkets affected.

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