Iran threatens to strike U.S.-owned infrastructure in the Middle East

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened Tuesday to target American tech and defense companies operating in the Middle East if the U.S. and Israel continue to target Iranian leadership.

In a statement released by the government-backed Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC said retaliatory attacks could begin as early as Wednesday evening and advised employees and residents living within a 1 kilometer radius of the U.S.-owned facilities to evacuate the area.

The IRGC listed 18 companies it threatened to target for actively participating in terrorist plots, according to a translation of the statement. The companies include Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Dell, Palantir, Nvidia, Tesla and Boeing, among others.

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