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Several aspects of the Proud Boys false incitement emails point to Iran - "FBI says Iran behind threatening emails sent to Florida Democrats" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/fbi-says-iran-behind-threatening-emails-sent-florida-democrats-n1244228 via @nbcnews
1 - was likely this was a foreign op as opposed to a domestic operation from the start, to employ stolen/hacked voter registration lists would lead to prosecution for a US domestic actor, 2 - Iran is both aggressive & sloppy, attempt things other states will not, and get caught
3 - cyber signatures for the webmail servers traced back to Saudi, an adversary of Iran, classic technique to tie up two enemies with one cyber move, Russia does this too, but, unlikely they'd move this way.
4 - iran's disinformation focuses heavily on racial and religious divides, Iran doesn't like Donald Trump and as we've noted @FPRI #FIE2020 they focus heavily on using race as an issue to divide against Trump https://www.fpri.org/fie/iran-media-mentions-2020-candidates-update/
5 - If Russia wanted to create panic, mobilize by text, they'd do it on consequential day, not 2 weeks before election day. if Russia wants to mobilize Americans on race/religion, they'll do it person-to-person through witting & unwitting allies, like 2016 https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/01/russian-facebook-page-organized-protest-texas-different-russian-page-l/
6 - Iran can also be seen in this message as its their traditional bridge into the U.S. audience space. https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/triad-of-disinformation-how-russia-iran-china-ally-in-a-messaging-war-against-america/
7 - last big issue, seems both Iran and Russia have voter rolls, will Russia use them? have they already? Let's hope not.
