‘Google, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla’: Iran’s IRGC threatens to target US firms in Middle East from April 1

Iran’s IRGC has threatened to target US companies like Google, Apple and Boeing from April 1 in retaliation for attacks, state media reported.

2 min readMar 31, 2026 10:13 PM IST First published on: Mar 31, 2026 at 08:51 PM IST
US-Israel-Iran WarSmoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike on fuel storage in Kuwait. (AP Photo)

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday said that they will target US companies in the ⁠region ​from April 1 in retaliation for ​attacks ​on Tehran, ⁠state media reported.

Among the 18 companies listed in the IRGC’s threat include Google, Microsoft, Apple, Intel, IBM, Tesla ⁠and ⁠Boeing, Reuters reported.

“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 IRGC statement added.

However, Revolutionary Guards did not name the specific countries where the Iranian military would launch their attacks.

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Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)

Meanwhile, IRGC Aerospace Force commander Majid Moosavi threatened over the weekend that Iranian military would target chemical, oil and metals industries which are linked to Washington and Israel in the region.

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Ina post on X, Moosavi wrote, “Retaliation for attacks on Iran’s infrastructure is being carried out through the destruction of strategic industries linked to the US-Israeli enemy in the region.”

The IRGC commander further added, “So far, a chemical industry in the occupied territories, a refinery, two steel complexes and two major aluminum complexes have been hit, and these painful attacks will continue until we see the pain in your eyes.”

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