US imposes fresh sanctions against Iranian nationals and company, Iranian official reacts

The United States has sanctioned six Iranian nationals and an Iranian cybercompany for “attempting to influence” last year’s US presidential elections, Al Jazeera reported.
In a statement on Thursday, the US Treasury Department said “state-sponsored Iranian cyber actors” between August and November 2020 “executed an online operation to intimidate and influence American voters, and to undermine voter confidence and sow discord”.
The department accused the sanctioned individuals and company of disseminating disinformation on social media and sending threatening emails and a fraudulent video that sought to “undermine faith in the election by implying that individuals could cast fraudulent ballots”.
“Today’s action underscores the US government’s commitment to hold state-sponsored actors accountable for attempting to undermine public confidence in the electoral process and US institutions,” Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo said in the statement.

While condemning the new US sanctions imposed against six Iranian individuals and one entity, Saeed Khatibzadeh Spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday said that the sanctioning attempt by the US government based on the false alleged interference in the US election are in continuation of the failed policy launched by the previous US President Donald Trump, Iranian news agency Mehr reported.