The US accuses Iran of interfering in the election; Tehran demands proof.
According to TASS news agency on August 20, Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations said in a statement that the United States should provide the Iranian authorities with evidence to support its allegations of Tehran interfering in the US presidential election if Washington considers its accusations to be well-founded.
"Such allegations are baseless and unfounded… If the U.S. government is truthful about this accusation, they should provide us with the documents so that we can respond," the statement said.
Earlier, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the United States stated in a joint statement that Iran allegedly attempted to interfere in the US presidential election by carrying out cyberattacks targeting the campaign headquarters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
U.S. intelligence believes that Tehran has "used non-technical attacks and other schemes to seek access to individuals with direct access to the presidential election campaigns of both major political parties."
In August, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed to TASS that it was investigating a cyberattack allegedly carried out by Iran against Trump's campaign headquarters.
The Iranian delegation to the United Nations said that Tehran "has no intention or plan to carry out cyberattacks" and stressed that the Iranian government did not interfere in the US presidential election.