The Iranian regime is behind spoof emails sent to Americans, “designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump,” Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Wednesday night. He added an assurance that despite claims to the contrary in the emails, “your votes are secure.”

Ratcliffe was speaking alongside FBI Director Christopher Wray at a hastily-arranged press conference, following reports of people in Florida receiving emails demanding that they vote for Trump – “or we will come after you.”

“We have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by Iran, and separately by Russia,” Ratcliffe said. “This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos and undermine your confidence in American democracy.”

“These actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries,” he said.

“Even if the adversaries pursue further attempts to intimidate or attempt to undermine voter confidence, know that our election systems are resilient. And you can be confident, your votes are secure.”

Ratcliffe said the intelligence community was also aware that Russian actors “have obtained some voter information, just as they did in 2016.”

“Rest assured that we are prepared for the possibility of actions by those hostile to democracy.”

He said the information was being made public “to give you the confidence that we are on top of this, and providing you with the most powerful weapon we have to combat these efforts: The truth. Information.”

Americans should do their part by not allowing the efforts to have their intended effect – by not being alarmed at receiving such material, and not spreading it, Ratcliffe said.