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'Much ado about nothing'

could headline a story about the impact of Russian-Iranian interference denounced by the FBI.

This is clear from the statements of some experts, none of whom knows how to clarify yet whether the

, severely damaged by the Donald Trump sanctions, were trying to benefit it or the other way around.

What is clear is that the president, behind in the polls, has found

.

What is also clear to

, an analyst specializing in Iranian cyber activity, is that "the threats were sent using an email script hosted on the penetrated domains; childish things," he says in a series of trills on the matter.

"It is clear that no voter registry was entered. It would appear that Florida residents are particularly susceptible to having their postal and mailing addresses posted online," he adds in another Twitter post.

His indications match, at least partially, with the assertions of

.

.

Another possibility is that the attackers had obtained the information through a web page that offered it.

The so-called 'dark web' is full of them.

"This information can be used by foreign actors to try to communicate false information to registered voters, which they hope will cause confusion, always chaos and undermine your confidence in American democracy," said

, director of National Intelligence for the administration of the US and designated as pro Trump.

The

notes that

registered

.

So what intentions did Iran have, whose ambassador to the UN, Alireza Miryousefi, has denied all the accusations and emphasized that "Iran does not interfere in the elections of other countries"?

Some observers recall that,

, or what kind of relationship the Islamic Republic should have with the West, Washington above all.

Therefore, there is no unified position on this.

Joe Biden has been to the liking of the

, with President Hasan Rohani at the helm, for having negotiated the

, from which Trump withdrew, and having opened the door to return to it.

By contrast, it is believed that the

gets more revenue with a Trump in the White House.

His

, with sanctions and regional tension, has weakened Rohani, fueled the discourse of the most recalcitrant and given rise to more influence in the state apparatus of the Revolutionary Guard.

The also called

, has expanded through sectors emptied by international companies, which left Iran due to Trump's sanctions.

The deterioration of regional security and the impoverishment of the domestic economy, with the consequent waves of protests and violence, have served for

in order to protect national security.

The debate is so heated that

for having stated that "we should make peace when the time is right", in a double reference to the historic Shiite Imam Hasan already his relationship with the US government.

Mojtaba Zolnouri, a rigorous deputy and leader of the Parliamentary Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy called on the Supreme Guide to issue a sentence "to hang him a thousand times."

But even on the operational side,

.

While, as the

reports

, American intelligence thought for a time that Iranian power would try to sabotage the energy market or mount an attack in the Middle East to damage Trump's options, they later recognized that Tehran had backed down.

In the middle of the month,

.

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Thus, the most likely, according to the

, is that some in Iran, which has improved its cyber capabilities in recent times, have learned something from the Russian electoral interference of 2016: any

is much cheaper and Above all, avoid a direct confrontation.

In addition, the

, in these times, achieves an amplification effect capable of shaking the foundations of voter confidence.

In line with this type of perception alteration operations, as some academics call them, Twitter announced at the beginning of the month the deletion of

that, according to the company, were in the hands of

American presidential

.

One of these, for example, appealed to the QAnon conspiracy, which is reminiscent of the use, this time, of the Proud Boys in threatening emails.

"From the briefing [offered by the FBI to explain its investigations], I had the strong impression that it was much more about undermining confidence in the elections without appealing to any particular figure," said Democratic Senator

in a program of the chain MSNBC.

The paradox is that, in recent times, who has done the same has been the same American leader.

.

According to the

, one of the videos included in the emails with false content suggested the possibility, by the attackers, of manipulating the vote by mail.

For his part, Donald Trump has been arguing for weeks, without evidence, that the November 3 vote will be "rigged," that postal ballots will lead to widespread fraud, and that the only way he can be defeated is if his opponents they cheat.

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