The country's national communications network continued to operate without interruption during the attacks.
Sidestar Hashemi, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, at the Mukhtar Heads Meeting of the International Communications Association in Doha, referring to the country's achievements since the 2022 Mukhtar Summit (PP-22), said: During this period, significant progress has been made in the field of electronic government and today more than seven thousand digital public services are provided.
He added: Fiber optic coverage in the country has reached more than 11 million households, and over 83 percent of rural areas have access to broadband services. Also, the share of the digital economy in the country's gross domestic product exceeded seven percent, and local platforms with more than 50 million users are among the drivers of this sector.
Hashemi further emphasized that the realization of sustainable digital transformation depends on peace and security, and pointed to the recent attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran and said: During this aggressive operation, the country's telecommunications infrastructure was targeted.
Referring to numerous cyber attacks and the damage to the communications infrastructure in the country, the Minister of Communications noted: Despite these attacks, the round-the-clock efforts of communications engineers and experts made the national communications network in the country continue to operate without interruption, and the online services, education, banking, health and other public services did not stop.