Officials from Donald Trump's campaign, the Republican nominee for the upcoming U.S. presidential election, have claimed that Iran hacked some of the campaign's internal communications.
Steven Cheung, spokesperson for Trump's campaign, told the media on Saturday, August 10, that the purpose of this interference in the 2024 election is to challenge the democratic process in the United States. He added that this is the work of “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” aimed at interfering in the 2024 election and creating chaos in the country's democratic process.
A day before Cheung's claim, Microsoft had announced that hackers affiliated with the Iranian government had attempted to infiltrate the account of "a high-ranking official" in the U.S. presidential election campaigns. Referring to this Microsoft report, Trump's campaign added, "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."
The Iranian government has not yet responded to these allegations. Previously, the United States also accused Iran of being behind an attack on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, a claim that Iran denied.
