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As the tensions in West Asia continue to rise, Iran has officially designated the facilities and offices of several major US technology companies as legitimate targets for potential strikes.
According to a report by the state-affiliated Tasnim news agency, the list is labelled "Iran's new targets" and includes numerous regional offices, as well as cloud, data, and development centres of major American IT businesses with Middle Eastern operations.
"With the expansion of the regional war into an infrastructure war, the scope of Iran’s legitimate targets gradually becomes broader," it said.
As per a report in CNN, Iran has designated facilities belonging to Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle, and Palantir located in Israel and across the Gulf region, including in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as potential military targets.
The Kobeissi Letter, a global capital markets portal, also made the same assertions. A post made by the user on X stated, "Iran announces that facilities associated with major US technology companies could become targets next. They specifically note that Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle, and Palantir are all potential targets across Israel, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi."
As per a report in Al Jazeera, a spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, an organisation classified by the UN as IRGC-owned, stated: "The enemy left our hands open to targeting economic centres and banks belonging to the United States and the Zionist regime in the region".
The group also advised that "people of the region should not be within a one-kilometre radius of banks", adding, “The Americans should await our countermeasure and our painful response."
Meanwhile, anIran-linked hacker group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Michigan-based medical tech company Stryker, marking the first instance of hacking an American company since the start of the conflict.
Stryker, headquartered in Michigan, manufactures a variety of medical equipment and technology.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have previously targeted Amazon data centres in Dubai and other important locations in the area. Last week, Iran launched a drone attack on an Amazon data facility in Bahrain, according to state media. Iranian drones also hit two Amazon locations in the UAE.
The hacking group Handala claimed responsibility for the attack, which came in response to a US-Israeli missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, which killed around 180 schoolgirls in Minab on February 28. The hackers warned that the incident was "the beginning of a new chapter in cyber warfare," according to Al Jazeera.
Historically, the country has carried out some of the most infamous ‘wiper’ cyberattacks on national enemies, with the goal of erasing all data on computer networks. As per a report in NBC News, victims included Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's main oil business, in 2012 and the Sands Casino in 2014.
According to a report by the state-affiliated Tasnim news agency, the list is labelled "Iran's new targets" and includes numerous regional offices, as well as cloud, data, and development centres of major American IT businesses with Middle Eastern operations.
"With the expansion of the regional war into an infrastructure war, the scope of Iran’s legitimate targets gradually becomes broader," it said.
As per a report in CNN, Iran has designated facilities belonging to Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle, and Palantir located in Israel and across the Gulf region, including in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as potential military targets.
The Kobeissi Letter, a global capital markets portal, also made the same assertions. A post made by the user on X stated, "Iran announces that facilities associated with major US technology companies could become targets next. They specifically note that Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle, and Palantir are all potential targets across Israel, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi."
BREAKING:
Iran announces that facilities associated with major US technology companies could become targets next.
They specifically note that Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle, and Palantir are all potential targets across Israel, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi.
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 11, 2026
As per a report in Al Jazeera, a spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, an organisation classified by the UN as IRGC-owned, stated: "The enemy left our hands open to targeting economic centres and banks belonging to the United States and the Zionist regime in the region".
The group also advised that "people of the region should not be within a one-kilometre radius of banks", adding, “The Americans should await our countermeasure and our painful response."
Meanwhile, anIran-linked hacker group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Michigan-based medical tech company Stryker, marking the first instance of hacking an American company since the start of the conflict.
Stryker, headquartered in Michigan, manufactures a variety of medical equipment and technology.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have previously targeted Amazon data centres in Dubai and other important locations in the area. Last week, Iran launched a drone attack on an Amazon data facility in Bahrain, according to state media. Iranian drones also hit two Amazon locations in the UAE.
The hacking group Handala claimed responsibility for the attack, which came in response to a US-Israeli missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, which killed around 180 schoolgirls in Minab on February 28. The hackers warned that the incident was "the beginning of a new chapter in cyber warfare," according to Al Jazeera.
Historically, the country has carried out some of the most infamous ‘wiper’ cyberattacks on national enemies, with the goal of erasing all data on computer networks. As per a report in NBC News, victims included Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's main oil business, in 2012 and the Sands Casino in 2014.
