On March 31, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced plans to target offices of American companies throughout the Middle East, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, Meta (recognized as extremist in Russia), IBM, DEL, Plantier, Nvidia, GP, Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solution, G42, and Boing.
The IRGC stated on its Telegram channel that “companies actively involved in planning terrorist attacks will become the target of countermeasures in response to every murder.” A total of 18 American companies were listed in the announcement.
On the same day, Iran launched missile and drone strikes against U.S. military bases in the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, and Kuwait, as well as attacking targets used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) command in Israel.