Iran Says It Struck Oracle Dubai After Damage at AWS Bahrain

Overview

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which named 18 U.S.-linked firms as targets starting Wednesday, claimed Thursday it hit an Oracle data center in Dubai.
• Amazon’s AWS region in Bahrain sustained damage on Wednesday, with the Interior Ministry reporting a fire at a facility and the company shifting to contingency operations.
• Oracle said its Dubai operations remain normal, highlighting a gap between Iranian claims and corporate status updates.
• President Donald Trump vowed extremely hard strikes within two or three weeks and shared video of a bridge strike in Iran before warning that bridges and then power plants could be next.
• Economic risks are rising, with two large Iranian steel plants shut after strikes and nearly 40 nations discussing how to keep oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz.