By Kanishka Singh and Nathan Layne

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The marketing campaign of Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump mentioned on Saturday a few of its inner communications had been hacked and blamed the Iranian authorities, citing previous hostilities between Trump and Iran with out offering direct proof.

The marketing campaign assertion got here after information web site Politico mentioned it started receiving emails from an nameless account with paperwork from inside Trump’s operation.

“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump marketing campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung mentioned in an announcement.

The Trump marketing campaign referred to a Friday report from Microsoft (NASDAQ:) researchers that mentioned Iran government-tied hackers tried breaking into the account of a “high-ranking official” on the U.S. presidential marketing campaign in June. That report didn’t present additional particulars on the official’s identification.

“The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the White House,” Cheung mentioned.

The previous president had tense relations with Iran whereas in workplace. Below Trump, the US killed Iranian army commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020 and withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal.

Trump survived an assassination try in July. Whereas there have been no strategies that the suspect was linked to Iran, CNN reported final month that the U.S. had intelligence about an Iranian plot towards Trump. Iran has denied such fees.