{"id":89868,"date":"2020-10-22T06:52:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=89868"},"modified":"2020-10-22T06:52:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:52:56","slug":"auto-draft-275","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2020\/10\/22\/auto-draft-275\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI says Iran and Russia have US voter information"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"BBC \u2014 US national security officials say Iran was responsible for sending threatening emails to Democratic voters ahead of next month’s presidential election.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The emails appeared to come from a far-right pro-Trump group and were meant to “incite unrest”, National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Ratcliffe also said US officials found Iran and Russia had obtained “some voter registration information”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Both Iran and Russia denied the accusations of election interference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Iran’s strong rejection of American officials’ repetitive, baseless and false claims was conveyed to the Swiss ambassador [who represents US interests in Tehran],” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told state TV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“As we have said before, it makes no difference for Iran who wins the US election,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the BBC: “We think this is unfortunate. These accusations come every day, they are all completely groundless, they are based on nothing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“They are most likely some sort of internal political process connected with the upcoming elections.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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