The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Tuesday it will begin striking 18 technology companies across the Middle East starting April 1 at 8 p.m. Tehran time, naming the UAE’s state-backed artificial intelligence company G42 alongside U.S. firms it accuses of supporting American and Israeli military operations.
The IRGC published the target list through Sepah News, its official outlet, identifying Apple, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Nvidia, Oracle, Tesla, HP, Intel, IBM, Cisco, and Boeing.
The expanded list also includes Amazon, Dell, Palantir, General Electric (GE), and JPMorgan Chase, alongside the aerospace data firm Spire Solutions and the UAE-based AI powerhouse G42.
G42, the only non-U.S. company named, has received $1.5 billion in investment from Microsoft since 2024 and serves as a centerpiece of Gulf-region AI infrastructure expansion backed in part by Washington.
“These companies should expect the destruction of their respective units in exchange for each terror act in Iran, starting from 8 PM Tehran time on Wednesday, April 1st,” the IRGC stated through Sepah News.
BREAKING: Iran’s IRGC just named 18 companies it plans to target starting tomorrow at 8 p.m. Tehran time.
The list: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Intel, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, Dell, HP, Tesla, JPMorgan, Boeing, General Electric, Palantir, Spire Solutions, and G42.
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— Hashem Al-Shehari 🇾🇪 (@hshmlshhry33) March 31, 2026
The statement also directed employees to evacuate their workplaces immediately and urged residents within more than half a mile of each listed company to leave the area.
A White House official said the U.S. military was “prepared to curtail any attacks by Iran,” citing a 90% reduction in Iranian ballistic missile and drone strikes since the conflict began.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Tuesday that the coming days would be “decisive” and that the conflict would intensify without a negotiated settlement. “We have more and more options, and they have less,” Hegseth said.
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia issued a shelter-in-place advisory for American citizens, warning that hotels, businesses, and U.S. educational institutions may be potential targets. “We are tracking reports of threats against locations where American citizens gather,” the embassy stated.
Saudi Arabia: We are tracking reports of threats against locations where American citizens gather. We advise U.S. citizens that hotels and other gathering points including U.S. businesses and U.S. educational institutions may be potential targets. On March 22, the Department of… pic.twitter.com/9Xm2oLzxzr
— TravelGov (@TravelGov) March 31, 2026
Iran struck Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the UAE and Bahrain during the first week of the conflict, causing power outages and fire damage, according to CNBC. The IRGC issued a prior threat against tech companies, including Palantir and Oracle, on March 10.
