Tehran/Paris, Nov. 11 -- Iran has rejected French accusations that it was behind cyberattacks targeting supermarket refrigerators across France last month, calling the allegations "baseless" and instead accused Paris of shifting blame for its own failures by wrongfully targeting Tehran.

"Iran's foreign ministry categorically rejects the French government's baseless and one-sided accusations against Iran regarding alleged cyber activities in France," the ministry said in a statement.

It also condemned what it described as a "hackneyed policy of levelling accusations against the Islamic republic", directly blaming the French government for the incidents.

The response followed comments by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday, ...