The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran has issued a warning to the United States: for every assassination attempt against Iran by the U.S., 18 major American technology companies—including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Oracle, and Palantir, a U.S. data analytics firm—will be completely destroyed.
In its statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps listed these 18 companies, asserting that they have participated in the killings of Iranian officials. These 18 firms hold significant market shares across the Middle East:
Smartphones (Q4 2025)
Apple: 14% (excluding Turkey, approximately 2.1 million units)
By region: Apple's share in Saudi Arabia is about 23.7%, in the UAE around 18.8%, and even higher in premium segments in Bahrain!
Cloud Computing Market Share in the Middle East (2025)
Amazon Web Services (AWS): 25% (leading in the region), Microsoft Azure: 20%, Google Cloud: 15%
By region: In Saudi Arabia, AWS holds ~35%, Azure ~28%, Google Cloud ~20%; in the UAE, AWS ~32%, Azure ~29%, Google Cloud ~18%
Social Media Penetration Rate
Meta (Facebook/Instagram): Mobile monthly active users in Saudi Arabia are over 80%, in the UAE about 74%, in Bahrain around 75%
YouTube: Mobile usage in Saudi Arabia accounts for ~7.2%, in the UAE about 6.7%!
Thus, the 18 major tech companies listed by Iran are being designated as military targets in the Middle East.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated in its declaration: starting from 8:00 PM Tehran time on April 1st, for every assassination incident occurring in Iran, the relevant facilities of the aforementioned companies will be destroyed. “We advise employees of these institutions to immediately leave their workplaces to safeguard their lives.”
Iran has made it clear that these U.S. high-tech corporations have been involved in assassinations of Iranian senior officials, including using AI-powered “autonomous target identification and strike” technologies, Google Maps providing navigation support to U.S. forces, and big data cloud computing used to track the movements of Iranian officials!
Therefore, this serves as another ultimatum from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to the U.S. military, indicating that the U.S. military has already deployed AI technologies in combat operations against Iran—something U.S. military officials themselves have openly admitted: AI has already been deployed in real combat scenarios!
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1861236066665482/
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