Overview
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and state-linked Tasnim named Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, Palantir, IBM and Oracle as legitimate targets.
- Tasnim published a list identifying 29 tech offices, data centers and research hubs in Qatar, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
- The designation followed Iranian drone strikes that damaged three Amazon Web Services sites in the UAE and Bahrain, with outages reported for banks, media and apps.
- An IRGC spokesperson from Khatam al-Anbiya warned the United States to expect a “painful response,” indicating plans for further countermeasures.
- Analysts say targeting AI and cloud hubs is intended to undercut Gulf states’ post-oil economic strategies built on large U.S. tech partnerships.