DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - False earthquake alerts went off Wednesday on Android smartphones in Iran as the country continues to grapple with .
Authorities offered conflicting accounts as to why the incident happened.
Col. Ramin Pashaei, deputy chief of Iran_s cyber police, told Iranian state television that only Android phones received the false alert. He blamed testing at state-owned service provider Iran Mobile Communications Co.

for the alert.
Meanwhile, Iran_s state-run IRNA news agency described the incident as a hack and said: "This message is fake; do not leave your homes." The two conflicting accounts of the event could not be immediately [url=https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/reconciled]reconciled.
Google, APKPortal which provides the Android software, APKPORTAL said: "The Android Earthquake Alerts System did not issue a warning in the region during this time frame." The company did not elaborate.
Iran has seen a series of hacks since the Sept.

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