Iran denies accusations of involvement in hacking Trump campaign

According to an IRNA reporter, the Iranian mission in a statement rejected a report published by Politico, an American digital newspaper, which claims to have access to documents regarding Iran’s role in hacking the Trump campaign and that it began receiving emails from an anonymous account containing documents from the Trump campaign’s internal operations.

The mission responded to Politico’s claims by saying it does not give credence to these reports because the Iranian government has no purpose or motivation to interfere in the US presidential election.

Trump spokesman Steven Cheung also said in a statement that the internal documents were obtained from an anonymous account that aimed “to disrupt the 2024 election and create chaos throughout the democratic process.”

The Trump campaign also cited a Microsoft report from June that alleged Iran-linked hackers tried to break into the account of a high-ranking official of the unnamed presidential campaign, noting that the hack was carried out using the email credentials of a former senior adviser.

The report did not provide further details about the official’s identity, but Cheung, without providing any evidence, pointed the finger at Iran.

“Iranians know that President Trump will end their reign of terror, just as he did in his first four years in the White House,” Cheung spat venom in a statement sent to multiple news organizations.

Iran’s mission to the UN clarified Friday local time, in response to questions about the Microsoft report: “Iran itself is the victim of various cyberattacks targeting the country’s infrastructure, public service centers, and industry. Iran’s cyber capabilities are defensive and proportionate to the threats it faces.”

Iran has no goal or plan for cyberattack. The US elections are the country’s internal affair, and Iran is not involved in them, the Iranian mission statement explained.

Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN recently issued a similar statement after some US media quoted intelligence officials as saying Tehran intended to disrupt the elections and negatively impact Trump’s re-election campaign.

The election-related accusations come just days after another media blitz blamed Iran for the shooting at a Trump campaign rally. Iranian officials have dismissed the accusations as “absurd, baseless and biased.”

“Iran has no goal or activity that could influence the US election. Many of these accusations are psychological operations aimed at creating false momentum for election campaigns,” the Iranian mission responded earlier this week.

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