If the U.S. continues to attack and kill Iran’s leaders, more than a dozen leading American technology firms could become targets for retaliation, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is part of the Iranian Armed Forces, warned on Tuesday.
The IRGC said it will target 18 tech firms, including Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, in retaliation “for every assassination in Iran” starting on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Tehran time (12:30 p.m. E.T.). The IRGC’s statement was released by semi-official, IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency.
The companies were named because of their alleged involvement in enabling the assassinations of dozens of Iranian leaders since the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28. The U.S. and Israel have killed Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, Revolutionary Guards commander-in-chief Mohammad Pakpour, and top security chief Ali Larijani, among others. U.S. President Donald Trump has also hinted that his aims in Iran include regime change, while Israel has threatened to target any future leader of the Iranian regime, including Khamenei’s successor and son Mojtaba Khamenei.
