Iran is med­dling in elec­tion against Trump, but Rus­sia is for him: Intel­li­gence com­mu­ni­ty

The intel­li­gence com­mu­ni­ty believes Iran is attempt­ing to med­dle in the 2024 U.S. pres­i­den­tial elec­tion against for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, while Rus­sia wants him to win.
Tehran sought to harm Trump’s reelec­tion chances ahead of the 2020 pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, while Moscow worked to den­i­grate Pres­i­dent Joe Biden, the Office of the Direc­tor of Nation­al Intel­li­gence revealed in 2021. An offi­cial from the ODNI affirmed to reporters on Mon­day that both sides are doing that again in advance of this elec­tion.
Iran is “pri­mar­i­ly focused on fuel­ing dis­trust in U.S. polit­i­cal insti­tu­tions and increas­ing social dis­cord,” the offi­cial not­ed.
“Since our last update, the IC has observed Tehran work­ing with the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, prob­a­bly because Iran­ian le …