TEHRAN, April 1, 2026 — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has formally designated dozens of U.S. technology companies as legitimate military targets in the Middle East, dramatically widening the scope of the ongoing conflict following a series of devastating Israeli strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure.
Iran’s IRGC released a warning listing 18 major American companies — including Microsoft, Google, Apple, Intel, IBM, Tesla, and Boeing — declaring that these firms should expect the destruction of their regional units in retaliation for ongoing attacks on Iranian soil.
The move comes after Israeli-U.S. strikes hit one of Iran’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers, Tofigh Daru Research and Engineering Company, which produces anti-cancer drugs, anaesthetics, and specialised medicines, severely damaging the company’s production lines. Iran’s Deputy Health Minister confirmed the attack caused the total destruction of the production units and the factory’s research and development department, calling it a significant blow to the national medical supply chain.
Preceding the pharma factory strike, U.S. and Israeli warplanes bombed the Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran, where an imaging satellite had been developed. Following that attack, the IRGC announced it would retaliate by targeting two Israeli or U.S. universities operating in the Middle East region.
On the technology front, the IRGC pinpointed 29 locations across Bahrain, Israel, Qatar, and the UAE — housing offices, data centres, and research facilities belonging to Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Palantir, Google, Nvidia, and Oracle — presenting them collectively under the title “Iran’s New Targets.”
Iran has already struck Amazon Web Services facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, causing widespread outages across banking, payments, and consumer services in the region.
As the conflict deepens, global tech giants face an unprecedented threat to their multibillion-dollar Middle East investments, with no diplomatic resolution currently in sight.
