WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The campaign of

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on

Saturday some of its internal communications were hacked and

blamed the Iranian government, citing past hostilities between

Trump and Iran without providing direct evidence.

The campaign statement came after news website Politico said

it began receiving emails from an anonymous account with

documents from inside Trump's operation.

"These documents were obtained illegally from foreign

sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with

the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic

process," Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a

statement.

The Trump campaign referred to a Friday report from

Microsoft ( MSFT ) researchers that said Iran government-tied

hackers tried breaking into the account of a "high-ranking

official" on the U.S. presidential campaign in June. That report

did not provide further details on the official's identity.

"The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their

reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the

White House," Cheung said.

The former president had tense relations with Iran while in

office. Under Trump, the United States killed Iranian military

commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020 and withdrew from the Iran

nuclear deal.

Trump survived an assassination attempt in July. While there

have been no suggestions that the suspect was linked to Iran,

CNN reported last month that the U.S. had intelligence about an

Iranian plot against Trump. Iran has denied such charges.