Iran declares US-Israeli economic, banking interests in region are targets

"The enemy left our hands open to targeting economic centres and banks belonging to the United States and the Zionist regime in the region. It warned that people of the region should not be within a one-kilometre radius of banks. The Americans should await our countermeasure and our painful response."

"The IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency released a list of offices and infrastructure run by top US companies with Israeli links whose technology has been used for military applications, describing them as Iran's new targets. As the scope of the regional war expands to infrastructure war, the scope of Iran's legitimate targets expands."

"The companies include Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia and Oracle, and the listed offices and infrastructure for cloud-based services are located in multiple Israeli cities, as well as in some Gulf countries. Iran's state broadcaster said that an Israeli attack overnight on a bank branch in Tehran was an illegitimate and unusual act in war."

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has escalated threats against US and Israeli economic interests following what it describes as an attack on an Iranian bank during the ongoing regional conflict. The IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency released a list of major US technology companies including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, and Oracle, identifying their offices and infrastructure in Israeli cities and Gulf countries as new targets. The IRGC stated that as the conflict expands into infrastructure warfare, the scope of legitimate targets expands accordingly. Iran claims US and Israeli forces have bombed nearly 10,000 civilian sites and killed over 1,300 civilians since the war began on February 28. The IRGC warned civilians to stay at least one kilometer away from banks and promised a painful response to the enemy.

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