Iranian diplomats set to leave Albania after expulsion order

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : TIRANA, Albania -- Iranian embassy staff in the Albanian capital worked through the night after they were given 24 hours to leave the country over a major cyberattack that the Albanian government blames on Iran.
36% : The United States supported the move by Albania, a NATO member, and vowed unspecified retaliation against Iran for what it called "a troubling precedent for cyberspace."
35% : Iran condemned the diplomats' expulsion, calling the action ill-considered and short-sighted, according to Iranian state TV.
33% : Ties between Iran and Albania have been tense since 2014 when Albania sheltered some 3,000 members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, or MEK, who had left Iraq.
21% : In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry denied Tehran was behind any cyberattack on Albanian government websites, adding that it's Iran which is a target of such attacks on its critical infrastructure.

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