Iran plans to disrupt U.S. midterm elections, set up cyber groups to target election systems and recruit agents

What does Iran’s promised interference aim to achieve? Sheer disruption or an attempt to tilt the elections in favor of the Democrats? Both, which, is telling.

Other recent headlines about Iran’s disruption plans in America:

• Islamic Republic of Iran has ‘substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel,’ including top officials
• Iran Plans to Win the War by Helping Democrats Win
• Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps writes 26-page open letter to Americans to sway November votes

U.S. officials have now issued a warning to U.S. allies to prepare for potential Iran strikes after the midterms.

“Iran plans to disrupt US midterm elections,” Iran International, October 29, 2026:

Iran is preparing to disrupt the US midterm elections after attempting to interfere in Israel’s vote, The Telegraph reported on Thursday, citing Iranian officials who said their goal was to deepen political divisions in both countries.

One official told the newspaper Tehran had explored efforts to “recruit agents in both the American and Israeli regimes’ election processes.”

Another said Iranian cyber groups had been set up to target election systems.

The officials said Iran was not backing a particular candidate and wanted to see a “divided America and a divided Israel.”

The report said Tehran viewed the elections as a way to put pressure on its adversaries during the war. Iranian officials said the outcome would not change their view that Israel remained an enemy, while a divided US Congress could complicate President Donald Trump’s military plans…..

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Christine Douglass-Williams

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