Today, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated six Iranian individuals and one Iranian entity, pursuant to Executive Order 13848, for their attempt to influence the 2020 US presidential election.

The US Treasury indicated, in a press release yesterday, that the Iranian persons and entities identified sought to sow discord and undermine voter confidence in the US electoral process, spread misinformation on social media, and send threatening emails, in addition to a fake video clip in An attempt to undermine confidence in the elections by hinting at the possibility of casting fraudulent votes.

It confirmed that as a result, sanctions were imposed on the Iranian Internet company, Eminet Pasargad, for providing financial, material or technological support, goods or services to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (the Organization of Electronic Warfare and Electronic Defense), and sanctions were imposed on each of (Mohammed Baqer Shirinkar). ) and (Syed Muhammad Hussain Musa Kazemi), (Sajjad Kashian), (Mustafa Sarmadi), (Syed Mahdi Hashemi Tugherlijerdi) and (Hussein Akbari Nudeh).  

It drew attention to the fact that the US State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about Seyed Muhammad Hussain Musa Kazemi, Sajjad Kashian, or their activities.