Thursday, 29 Oct 2026 29 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut
📰 5 sources 5 articles · 29 Oct 2026, 14:47 → 1 hour ago

British report: Iran prepares to disrupt US Congress elections after attempted interference in Israeli elections

A British newspaper published a report saying Iran is preparing to obstruct the US midterm elections for Congress after attempting to interfere in the Israeli elections this week. The report quoted Iranian officials saying Tehran views the near-simultaneous elections in Israel and the United States as a rare opportunity, and spoke of efforts to recruit agents and hack election systems, while Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei commented on the Israeli elections.

📍 Where things stand: The matter remains at the level of a press report circulated by Arab media outlets, with no official Iranian or American announcement about the details of these attempts or who carried them out.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 29 Oct 2026, 14:47 The British newspaper The Telegraph reported that Iran is preparing to obstruct the US midterm elections for Congress after attempting to interfere in the Israeli elections this week. It quoted Iranian officials saying Tehran views the near-simultaneous elections in Israel and the United States as a rare opportunity, and is seeking to recruit agents and hack election systems.
  2. 29 Oct 2026, 14:47 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said the Israeli elections are "a competition between gangs".
  3. 29 Oct 2026, 17:07 Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath channels circulated a report stating that Iran plans to hack the US elections after a similar attempt targeting Israel, without further details on the nature of these attempts, who carried them out, or who was targeted.
Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

Youm7 focused on the details of the British report and on the remark by the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, while Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath carried only a brief headline about Iran planning to hack the US elections without details.

AI comparison of what each outlet emphasized. It describes emphasis, not accuracy.
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