Iranthreatens US tech firms in Middle East retaliation
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened to attack offices and facilities of major US companies including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, and Oracle in Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. The threat follows an Israeli attack on a Tehran bank branch that killed employees, which Iran called an 'illegitimate and unusual act in war'. The IRGC stated it will also target 'economic centres' linked to the US or Israel, declaring 'People of the region should not be within a one-kilometre radius of banks'. This escalation comes after US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28th killed over 1,300 people and injured thousands, with Iran reporting victims ranging from 8 months to 88 years old. Iran's president has listed three conditions to end the war including reparations payments, while US and Israeli strikes have killed 13 US soldiers and 83 Lebanese children. The conflict shows no signs of ending soon despite US President Trump's claim it would be 'very soon'.