The United States has imposed sanctions on two teams linked to Iranian and Russian efforts to target the American electorate with disinformation in the election this year.
Treasury officials announced the sanctions Tuesday, alleging that the two organizations sought to stoke divisions among Americans before November’s vote. U.S. intelligence has accused both governments of spreading disinformation, including fake videos, news stories and social media posts, designed to manipulate voters and undermine trust in U.S. elections.
“The governments of Iran and Russia have targeted our election processes and institutions and sought to divide the American people through targeted disinformation campaigns,” Bradley T. Smith, Treasury’s acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.
The Government said that the Russian group, the Moscow -based geopolitical experience center, has supervised the creation, financing and misinformation of misinformation in US candidates, adding Videos from Deepfake created synthetic intelligence.
In addition to the organization itself, the new sanctions on its director, according to WHO officials, who have worked largely with Russian military intelligence agents, also monitor cyberattacks and sabotage opposed to the West.
The Government says that the medium used to temporarily make false videos in US applicants created dozens of false sites of new sites designed to look valid and even paid to US Internet corporations to create pro-ruso content
The Iranian group, the Cognitive Design Production Center, is a subsidiary of the Iranian paramilitary revolutionary guard, said US officials, the United States, has appointed a foreign terrorist organization. Officials say that the has worked for at least 2023 to inspire political tensions in the United States for at least 2023.
The United States intelligence agencies have blamed the Iranian government for inspiring protests in the United States for the Israel War opposed to Hamas in Gaza. Iiraran has also been accused of hacking the accounts of several existing and former officials, adding members of the Donald Trump campaign.
In the months ahead of the election, U.S. intelligence officials said Russia, Iran and China all sought to undermine confidence in U.S. democracy. They also concluded that Russia sought to prop up the ultimate victor Trump, who has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggested cutting funds to Ukraine and repeatedly criticized the NATO military alliance.
Meanwhile, Iran has tried to oppose Trump’s candidacy, authorities said. In revenge.
The Russian and Iranian rejected accusations that they sought to influence the final results of the 2024 elections.
“Russia has interfered and interferes with the internal affairs of other countries,” wrote a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Washington.
A message that remains with Iran officials not without delay on Tuesday.