The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has told Iranian students this week to prepare to go to battle in a ’cyber war’.

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has told Iranian students this week to prepare to go to battle in a 'soft war'.

Calling them 'soft-war agents', Ayatollah Khamenei was quoted by Mehr news agency telling students 'Get yourself ready for such war wholeheartedly.'

His comments are believed to be in response to the Zionist Major General Aviv Kochavi, who warned that cyber attacks will soon be revealed to be the 'biggest revolution in warfare'.

Iran previously blamed the American CIA and Zionist Mossad for a cyber attack on the Bushehr power station in 2010, before being targeted again in 2012 by a data mining virus.