Microsoft, Google, ⁠Apple and other US companies under threat: Iran says will target these cos in region

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they will target U.S. companies in the ‌region ⁠as ⁠of April 1 in retaliation for attacks on Iran, reported Reuters quoting the state media.

The 18 companies listed ⁠in the ‌IRGC's threat included Microsoft, Google, ⁠Apple, Intel, IBM, Tesla and Boeing.

"These companies should expect the destruction of their respective units in exchange ‌for each terror act in Iran, starting ⁠from 8 PM Tehran time on Wednesday, April 1st," the IRGC statement said.


"These companies, starting from 8:00 pm (1630 GMT) Tehran time on Wednesday, April 1, should expect the destruction of their relevant units in exchange for every assassination in Iran," the Guards said in a statement listing the names of 18 companies it alleged were complicit in the "targeted assassination" of officials. We advice the employees of these institutions to immediately leave their workplaces to preserve their lives," it added.

Meanwhile, the IRGC on Tuesday confirmed the killing in a US-Israeli airstrike of a brigadier general sanctioned by the US in 2025 over an international network shipping oil to China and using profits to fund Tehran-backed regional proxies.

Revolutionary Guards commander-in-chief Ahmad Vahidi issued a message of condolences for Jamshid Eshaghi, the head of the budget and financial affairs at Iran's armed forces general staff.