Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned in a Telegram post today that Apple is on a list of Large American companies that may be targeted, due to the country’s ongoing battle with the United States and Israel, reports CBS News.
The IRGC Telegram post reportedly accused 18 U.S.-based companies of acting as “spies” for the U.S. government, helping it to carry out strikes. The post says the IRGC sees the companies as “legitimate targets.” The list includes Apple, Boeing, Cisco, Google, IBM, J.P. Morgan, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, and others.
The IRGC said the U.S. had “ignored our repeated warnings about the need to stop terrorist operations, and today, a number of Iranian citizens were martyred in your and your Israeli allies’ terrorist attacks; Since the main element in designing and tracking terror targets are American ICT and AI companies, in response to this terrorist operation, from now on the main institutions effective in terrorist operations will be our legitimate targets.”
The post warned “employees of these institutions to leave their workplaces immediately to save their lives. Residents around these terrorist companies in all countries in the region should also leave their places within a radius of one kilometer and go to a safe place.”
The IRGC had issued a similar threat in early March, warning that the list of “legitimate targets are gradually expanding.”
