Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened U.S. technology companies, warning employees to leave their workplaces.
“The main institutions involved in terrorist operations will be legitimate targets for our operations,” reads a statement published by Tasnim News Agency. “We advise the employees of these institutions to immediately distance themselves from their workplaces to preserve their lives.”
Companies listed included:
- Cisco
- HP
- Intel
- Oracle
- Microsoft
- Apple
- Meta
- IBM
- DEL
- Plantier
- Nvidia
- GP. Morgan
- Tesla
- GE
- Spire Solution
- G42
- Boeing
“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 statement added.
The warning comes as tech companies have investments in the Middle East. In May 2025, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Oracle, and Cisco announced Stargate UAE, a landmark data center located in Abu Dhabi.
“We’re launching Stargate UAE—the first international deployment of Stargate, OpenAI’s AI infrastructure platform,” OpenAI said last year. “Stargate represents our long-term vision for building frontier-scale compute capacity around the world in service of safe, secure, and broadly beneficial AGI.”
“The agreement – which includes our partners G42, Oracle, NVIDIA, Cisco, and SoftBank—was developed in close coordination with the U.S. government, and we greatly appreciate President Trump for his support in making it possible,” the company added. The development bolsters the AUE’s commitment to invest $1.4 trillion in the United States.
“The new partnership will support the UAE in leveraging OpenAI’s tools across critical sectors like government, energy, healthcare, education, and transportation to help accelerate innovation and economic growth while creating lasting benefits for its people,” OpenAI explained. “Under the partnership, the UAE will become the first country in the world to enable ChatGPT nationwide—giving people across the country the ability to access OpenAI’s technology.”
