Iran says cyber attack closes petrol stations across country

A petrol station is empty because the pumps are out of service, in Tehran, Iran (Vahid Salemi/AP)

A cyber attack targeted petrol stations on Tuesday across Iran, shutting down a government system managing fuel subsidies and leaving angry motorists stranded in long lines at shuttered stations.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, though it bore similarities to another months earlier that seemed to directly challenge Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the country’s economy buckles under American sanctions.