Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has roundly rejected allegations about Tehran's role in hacking the election campaign of former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump, saying the Islamic Republic has no purpose or motive to interfere in the American presidential election.
According to an IRNA reporter, the Iranian mission, in a statement, rejected the report published by Politico, an American digital newspaper claiming that it has access to documents about 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
We do not give credit to these news as the Iranian government has no purpose or motivate to interfere in the American presidential elections, the mission's statement responded to the Politico claim.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung also claimed, in a statement, that internal documents were received from an anonymous account that “intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process.”
The Trump campaign also pointed to a report by Microsoft report in June that claimed that Iran-linked hackers tried to sneak into the account of a high-ranking official of an unnamed presidential campaign, noting the hack was conducted using email credentials of a former senior advisor.
The report did not provide further details on the identity of the official but Cheung without providing any evidence pointed his finger at Iran.
"The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the White House," Cheung spitted venom in a statement sent to various news organizations.
Source: IRNA - Date: (Aug 11, 2024)
Iran rejects claims of involvement in Trumps campaign hacking