Iran on Wednesday warned that American technology companies could see their offices and infrastructure become potential targets as the regional conflict continues to widen. According to Al Jazeera, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency has published a list of offices and facilities operated by major U.S. tech firms that it claims are linked to Israel and allegedly used for military purposes.
The report described these sites as “Iran’s new targets”. It said the list includes infrastructure connected to cloud-based services run by companies such as Google, Microsoft, Palantir Technologies, IBM, Nvidia and Oracle Corporation.
According to the report, the offices and infrastructure identified are located in several cities across Israel as well as in some Gulf states. Tasnim said the locations were included because their technology had allegedly been used in military applications tied to the ongoing conflict.
“As the scope of the regional war expands to infrastructure war, the scope of Iran’s legitimate targets expands,” it said, as quoted by Al Jazeera.
Separately, Iranian officials also warned that economic centers and financial institutions connected to U.S. and Israeli interests across the region could face potential attacks as tensions escalate.
A spokesperson for Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters — an organization the United Nations has described as owned by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — said the warning followed what Iran described as an attack targeting one of its banks.
“The enemy left our hands open to targeting economic centres and banks belonging to the United States and the Zionist regime in the region,” the spokesperson said.
The official also issued a warning to civilians living near potential targets. “People of the region should not be within a one-kilometre radius of banks,” the spokesperson said.
The latest threats come as the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran entered its 12th day on Wednesday, a conflict that has intensified during the current U.S. administration and drawn growing international concern about regional stability.
Lebanon’s health ministry reported that Israeli strikes early Wednesday killed at least seven people across southern Lebanon, including five individuals in the town of Qana. Meanwhile, residents in Tehran reported some of the conflict’s “heaviest bombardment” overnight, with powerful explosions shaking neighborhoods and causing electricity outages in parts of the Iranian capital.
