Iran threatens to strike American technology companies in the Middle East

Iran on Tuesday threatened to strike facilities in the Middle East owned by American technology companies as part of the escalating war that began with American and Israeli strikes at the end of February.

In a statement It was reported by the country’s Tasnim News AgencyIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that as of Wednesday, it would consider more than a dozen technology companies “legitimate targets,” including Apple, Google, Intel and Tesla. The letter advised employees to leave their workplaces and those residing near those companies “in all countries” to leave the area within one kilometre.

Amazon’s cloud computing operations in Bahrain were damaged on Wednesday. According to a report by the Economic Times. Amazon AWS was it Subject of a previous drone attack in March.

Representatives of the companies on the list, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Palantir, Boeing, Intel and Tesla, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In a Statement to CNBCAn Intel spokesperson said: “The safety and well-being of our team is our number one priority. We are taking steps to protect and support our workers and facilities in the Middle East and are actively monitoring the situation.”

The US government said it would defend companies that were threatened. An unnamed White House official He told Reuters The United States is “ready and willing to limit any attacks by Iran.”