By Staff, Agencies Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has dismissed as “malign and dangerous” claims by US national security officials that the Islamic Republic is attempting to influence American voters, stressing that Tehran, unlike Washington, does not interfere in other countries’ elections. Alireza Miryousefi, the mission’s spokesman, made the remarks in a post on his Twitter account on Thursday hours after Director of US National Intelligence John Ratcliffe alleged that Iran and Russia had obtained voter registration information in an attempt to undermine confidence in the 2020 polls.

Speaking during a news conference at FBI headquarters, Ratcliffe also claimed that Iran was separately behind a series of threatening emails that were found to be sent this week to Democratic voters, which he said were “designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest and damage” President Donald Trump.

He additionally accused Tehran of distributing content including a video implying that individuals “could cast fraudulent ballots, even from overseas.” In response, Miryousefi said the US is desperately trying to question the outcome of its own elections.

“Unlike the US, Iran does not interfere in other countries’ elections.

The world has been witnessing the US’s own desperate public attempts to question the outcome of its own elections at the highest level,” Miryousefi tweeted.

“These accusations are nothing more than another scenario to undermine voter confidence in the security of the US election, and are absurd.

Iran has no interest in interfering in the US election and no preference for the outcome.

The US must end its malign and dangerous accusations against Iran.” American voters will decide on November 3 whether Republican Trump remains at the White House for another four years or his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, will take office