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IRAN was urged yesterday to reveal more information about a new computer virus that the regime says has hit the country less than a year after its nuclear program was attacked by the Stuxnet cyberworm.

Western experts were wary about whether the claim about the so-called Stars virus was a hoax designed for domestic consumption or a genuine attack that could cause harm to other networks across the world.

A senior Iranian military official said on Monday Iran had been attacked by an "espionage virus".

"The Stars virus has been presented to the laboratory but is still being investigated," Gholam Reza Jalali, the head of the Iranian military unit in charge of combating sabotage, said. "No definite and final conclusions have been reached."