‘Lacking int’l law in cyberspace led US to have insecure interventions’

Addressing the 13th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security in Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday, Ahmadian said that lacking fair international law in the fields of cyberspace has led the US government to have the global management on the Internet and the development of internet platforms such as Google, Twitter, Instagram, etc.,

He added that the US considers international cyberspace as its sovereign territory and influences the governance of different countries, especially in the field of national security.

Each country's cyberspace, like its frequency space, must be managed exclusively by its governments, and the unauthorized activity of Internet platforms, which are generally American, poses security challenges in various countries, including Iran, he noted.

He further noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the countries that has been the victim of numerous cyberattacks and its infrastructure has been attacked at various times, thereby it faced serious interventions in its social, economic, and security fields.

He went on to announce the Islamic Republic of Iran's readiness to propose suggestions to other countries' security regarding cyber security.

Signing bilateral and multilateral cybersecurity Memorandum of Understandings, cooperating in the preparation of laws and regulations related to global cybersecurity, using non-US internet platforms and systems for financial, economic, and administrative exchanges between countries, and cooperation with members in countering cyberattacks on the infrastructure of member states were among the suggestions of Ahmadian to the members of the meeting.

He emphasized that undoubtedly, joining countries such as the Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela can raise the BRICS' share of the world's energy reserves to a privileged level.

Ahmadian was invited to the meeting, scheduled for July 24-25, by the South African Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.

The BRICS group of fast-developing economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is often seen as an alternative to Western economic and political hegemony.

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