Iran says will target US tech firms in West Asia

 Major US technology companies have been named as potential targets as the Iran war spills into the infrastructure that powers modern economies. Iranian state media listed 18 companies that will be targeted in the region – the list included US companies Microsoft, Google, Apple, Meta, Oracle, Intel, HP, IBM, Cisco, Dell, Palantir, Nvidia, Tesla, JP Morgan, GE, and Boeing, as well as the UAE's G42 and Spire Solutions. "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, warning employees to leave their workplaces, and calling the companies “key institutions involved in terrorist espionage operations.”
G42 is a UAE AI company whose investors include the UAE's Mubadala as well as US entities Microsoft, SilverLake, and the Dalio Family Office. While it has an international presence, it is headquartered in Abu Dhabi. The company is a major player in the UAE's AI ecosystem – alongside Mubadala, it co-founded technology investment firm MGX, which has investments and partnerships with AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic. G42 operates multiple divisions spanning healthcare (M42), sovereign AI and cloud (Core42), and space tech (Space42), among others.
Earlier in the day, the IRGC confirmed the killing of a Brigadier General in a US-Israeli airstrike. 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.Jamshid Eshaghi was sanctioned by the US in 2025 over an international network shipping oil to China and using profits to fund Tehran-backed regional proxies like Hezbollah. The general staff is a powerful military body that coordinates between the regular army and the ideological force of the Islamic republic, the IRGC.