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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1775006037240photo-collage.png_cropped_processed_by_imagy.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">US and Iranian flags.<em> 📷༘ Chris Robert &amp; Sina Drakhshani, Unsplash</em></span></span></span></div><p>TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#x27;s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that they would target leading US technology firms like Apple, Google and Meta if more Iranian leaders were killed in &quot;targeted assassinations.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/technology/2026/3/15/ai-fakes-about-iran-us-war-swirl-on-x-despite-policy-crackdown-2009">AI fakes about Iran-US war swirl on X despite policy crackdown</a></div><p>&quot;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,&quot; the Guards said in a statement listing the names of 18 companies it alleged were complicit in the killing of officials.</p><p>&quot;We advise the employees of these institutions to immediately leave their workplaces to preserve their lives,&quot; it added.</p><p>The threat comes as President Donald Trump says he is conducting diplomacy aimed at putting an end to the conflict, while also threatening to amplify the US-Israeli campaign against the Islamic republic.</p><p>The Guards&#x27; statement said the US government and tech giants had &quot;ignored our repeated warnings regarding the necessity&quot; of halting operations targeting top Iranian officials, alleging that the tech firms are the &quot;main element in designing and tracking assassination targets.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/3/2/why-did-israel-and-us-attack-iran-1824">Why did Israel and US attack Iran?</a></div><p>As a result, these 18 companies -- who also included Intel, Microsoft and Oracle, as well as electric car company Tesla, analytics firm Palantir, and chip giant Nvidia -- risk retaliation, the statement said.</p><p>&quot;Companies that actively participate in terrorist designs will face reciprocal action for every targeted assassination,&quot; the statement said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>WARNING</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The warning did not specify where the action would take place, but it added:</p><p>&quot;Residents around these terrorist companies in all countries of the region are also advised to leave their locations within a one-kilometer radius and move to a safe place.&quot;</p><p>In early March, Amazon reported that two of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates were &quot;directly struck&quot; by drones and one in Bahrain damaged by a nearby attack.</p><p>Supreme leader Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guards commander-in-chief Mohammad Pakpour were killed on the first day of the war on February 28, with the US and Israel seeking to kill an entire echelon of the Iranian leadership.</p><p>The Islamic republic&#x27;s powerful security chief, Ali Larijani, has also been killed, as have many other prominent figures.</p><p>Israel and the United States say they have dealt a major blow to Iran by killing top officials, but some analysts say the Islamic republic is showing resilience and capacity to recover from the setbacks.</p><p>Also on Tuesday, Iran&#x27;s army said that in response to attacks on Iranian infrastructure its drones had targeted key &quot;communications, telecommunications and industrial centers&quot; in Israel including centers of industrial giants Siemens close to the main international airport and AT&amp;T in the city of Haifa.</p><p>There was no immediate confirmation from Israel that these targets had been hit.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EK4L3EuQbDA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that they would target leading US technology firms like Apple, Google and Meta if more Iranian leaders were killed in "targeted assassinations."</p>

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that they would target leading US technology firms like Apple, Google and Meta if more Iranian leaders were killed in "targeted assassinations."

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Iran Guards say will target US tech firms if more leaders killed

Agence France-Presse

Published April 01, 2026 09:19 AM PHT

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