Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that they would target 18 leading US technology firms such as Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Tesla and Boeing starting April 1. In a statement on Tuesday, the Guards alleged that the companies were complicit in the “targeted assassination” of officials.
“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 statement read.
In a warning to the employees, it added, “We advise the employees of these institutions to immediately leave their workplaces to preserve their lives.”
The companies include — Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Dell, Tesla, Nvidia, Boeing, HP, Cisco, Oracle, Planter, J.P. Morgan, GE, Spire Solutions and G42.
They labelled the firms as “terrorist companies” in the statement and asked residents living around these firms to leave the area “within a one-kilometre radius” and to move to a safer place.