The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned entities in Iran and Russia for attempting to interfere with the 2024 U.S. presidential election. These entities, linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), were involved in disinformation campaigns aimed at influencing the electoral outcome and creating socio-political tensions in the U.S. In August 2024, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI, and CISA accused Iran of cyber operations targeting U.S. elections. Meta also blocked WhatsApp accounts used by Iranian actors, linked to the IRGC’s Charming Kitten group, targeting individuals in multiple countries. Criminal charges were later unsealed against three (3) Iranian nationals for targeting U.S. government personnel to steal sensitive data. The latest Iranian entity sanctioned is the Cognitive Design Production Center (CDPC). A Moscow-based affiliate, the Center for Geopolitical Expertise (CGE), was also sanctioned. Founded by Aleksandr Dugin, CGE is involved in creating and distributing deepfakes and disinformation using generative AI, supported financially by the GRU. This operation was designed to influence U.S. elections and included manipulating a viral video to sow disagreement. The GRU provided CGE with financial support to maintain AI infrastructure and a network of websites used in disinformation operations. Valery Korovin, a GRU officer, coordinated these operations, leveraging Russian proxy websites and fake personas to mask the Kremlin’s involvement. These sanctions are part of ongoing U.S. efforts to counter foreign election interference, following similar actions against Iranian and Russian entities accused of hacking and spreading disinformation in previous elections.