Iran has launched an inspection of security at its key Gulf oil and gas facilities, including preparedness for cyber attacks, the Oil Ministry news agency SHANA said, following media reports of Washington weighing possible cyber attacks on Tehran.
US media reports have said the United States is considering possible cyber attacks against Iran after the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi oil sites which US officials have blamed on Tehran. The Islamic republic has denied being behind the raids which were claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group.
Pirouz Mousavi, head of the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ), inspected the area and met senior managers, including those in charge of cyber security and emergency response, SHANA said on Wednesday.
The PSEEZ was set up in 1998 to develop the oil and gas resources in the South Pars field, the world's largest natural gas reservoir. The offshore field is shared between Iran and Qatar, which calls it North Field.