UNITED STATES: Iran, Russia groups sanctioned over election interference

The United States unveiled sanctions Tuesday against Iranian and Russian organisations, alleging they had sought to interfere in the US election.

The groups targeted were the Cognitive Design Production Center, a subordinate organisation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise.

“The Governments of Iran and Russia have targeted our election processes and institutions and sought to divide the American people through targeted disinformation campaigns,” said Bradley Smith, Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller added in a separate statement that the United States closely monitors “efforts by malicious actors to influence or interfere in the integrity of our elections.”