Iran Says It Has Detected Second Cyber Attack

fysdt writes "Iran has been targeted by a second computer virus in a 'cyber war' waged by its enemies, its commander of civil defense said on Monday. Gholamreza Jalali told the semi-official Mehr news agency that the new virus, called 'Stars,' was being investigated by experts."

Re:Iran's history only trashed by the Ayatollah's

[blind biker]

The Shah, for all the domestic failings he may or may not have had, oversaw a prosperous, pluralistic nation

It was also a very liberal nation - perhaps the most liberal nation in the Islamic world - where women did not have to wear anything on their heads and could be seen in miniskirts and high heels.

Religious minorities such as Zoroastrians and Baha'i were'nt oppressed and Christians and Jews could marry who the fuck they wanted.

Re:Iran's history only trashed by the Ayatollah's

[cavreader]

Yeah mainly suppressing the radical fucks causing all the problems in the middle east today. Now look at the results. And the CIA had a lot of help in getting the Shah into power starting with the British who were the ones getting screwed by the nationalization of their oil assets and the substantial amount of IRANIAN politicians themselves who wanted a new government. The CIA did not over throw anybody, at most they spread a little money around and promised future help to those IRANIAN's who wanted control of their government. In 1953 the US and CIA was not the global powerhouse super spies and troublemakers of today. The US was focused on the little problem in Korea at the time and the entire middle east had been British territory who were in the midst of losing their influence after WW2 and did not like having their assets nationalized. They even blockaded the Iranian ports in an effort to weaken the government the CIA supposedly overthrew all by themselves.

Re:Iran's history only trashed by the Ayatollah's

[tripleevenfall]

It makes you think about how much of the unrest in the world today can be traced back to Jimmy Carter's horrid leadership during that crisis. If he had backed the Shah, how would the mideast be different today? Perhaps no Mujahideen , no al queda, no taliban...

Re:Iran's history only trashed by the Ayatollah's

[Anonymous Coward]

Before Carter, believe it or not, the US had military posts in Iran.

Carter was well meaning, but he should have kept the Shah propped up, and not pulled the US out of Iran (they were in Iran at behest of the Iranian government, not because they were occupying the country in any way.) Of course, the Revolutionaries won two decisive victories when Carter let the Shah fell. They betrayed Carter, and were able to keep their power by the anti-Shah propaganda. No, the Shah was not perfect; he was a dictator, but comparing the lesser of the two evils, at least he wanted a secular, modern country that could compete economically in the world arena.

Even worse? The revolutionaries executed all the Iranian generals. Guess what happens next? Saddam from next door decides that due to that fact, he is going to take a chunk of Iran. Big mistake. Even with Iran sans any generals of experience, the Iranian people were the ones that kept the invaders out by sheer will and sacrificing their children.

It is sad though. I can picture an Iran with the Shah in power. The Middle East likely would be a lot better off.

Carter probably was the second worst president in recent memory of the US. He put a (pretty much) permanent moratorium on new nuclear reactors, and nixed breeder reactors. From his actions, he pretty much ensured Big Oil and Big Coal would forever be the energy kings of the US with everyone else as squashable bit players.