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The IRGC issued its warning through the semi-official Tasnim news agency, claiming the companies play a direct role in enabling what it called terrorist operations against Iranian targets. The group set a deadline of eight o'clock in the evening Tehran time on the first of April and urged employees at these firms across the Middle East to evacuate immediately.
President Trump told the nation the war is nearing completion and projected another two to three weeks of involvement, but offered few specifics. A third carrier strike group, the USS George H W Bush, has been deployed to the region, while Iran's foreign minister denied any direct negotiations are taking place.
Iran Threatens Silicon Valley as B-52s Fly Over Tehran
April 2, 2026
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has named eighteen major American technology companies as legitimate military targets, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The threat came hours after the Pentagon confirmed B-52 bombers are now flying directly over Iranian territory for the first time in the five-week-old conflict, signalling that Iran's air defences have been significantly degraded.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Targets American Tech Giants
In an extraordinary escalation of the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has declared eighteen American companies to be legitimate military targets. The list includes some of the world's most valuable technology firms: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, Tesla, Intel, Cisco, HP, Oracle, IBM, Dell, Palantir, JPMorgan Chase, General Electric, and Boeing, along with two Middle East-based firms, Abu Dhabi AI company G42 and Dubai cybersecurity firm Spire Solutions.The IRGC issued its warning through the semi-official Tasnim news agency, claiming the companies play a direct role in enabling what it called terrorist operations against Iranian targets. The group set a deadline of eight o'clock in the evening Tehran time on the first of April and urged employees at these firms across the Middle East to evacuate immediately.
B-52 Bombers Signal Air Supremacy
The threat came just hours after a Pentagon briefing in which Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine confirmed that B-52 Stratofortress bombers are now conducting missions directly over Iranian airspace. The deployment of the non-stealth, seventy-year-old heavy bomber represents a dramatic shift from the stealth-first approach of the war's early weeks, signalling that Iran's once-formidable air defence network has been substantially degraded after more than eleven thousand strikes over thirty days.A War With No Clear End
Despite Pentagon claims of near-total air supremacy, Iran retains the capacity to strike back. Tracking data indicates roughly forty percent of Iranian missile salvos are still breaking through allied air defences, and Tehran scored a notable hit on the twenty-seventh of March when it destroyed a US Air Force AWACS surveillance aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Iran has also launched drone strikes on Ben Gurion Airport and struck fuel depots at Kuwait International Airport.President Trump told the nation the war is nearing completion and projected another two to three weeks of involvement, but offered few specifics. A third carrier strike group, the USS George H W Bush, has been deployed to the region, while Iran's foreign minister denied any direct negotiations are taking place.
Published April 2, 2026 at 5:50am
