In the early days of the war, Gonjeshke Darande, a hacking group widely regarded as aligned with Israel, also burned $90mn from the Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex by depositing it in digital wallets without private access keys, accusing the exchange of being a “tool” of the regime.

Iranian police say 21,000 people were detained during the 12-day war with Israel in June. State TV on Tuesday quoted a police spokesperson as saying citizens reported the suspects to the authorities,

Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 "suspects" during the country's 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media.