OREANDA-NEWS Iran will attack the facilities of a number of American companies in the Middle East from the evening of April 1 in response to every murder in Iran. This was stated by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Press TV reports.

"The IRGC issued a warning against 18 American technology companies, including Microsoft, Apple, Google, Intel and Boeing, stating that they will be considered legitimate targets in response to terrorist operations conducted by the United States and Israel," the statement said.

The Iranian military emphasized that American companies working in the field of ICT and AI play a central role in planning and carrying out assassinations, and it was announced that for every terrorist act in Iran, the relevant facilities of these companies will be attacked.

Among the companies mentioned in the statement are Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, Meta (recognized as extremist in Russia and banned), IBM, Dell, Palantir, Nvidia, JP Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solutions, G42, Boeing.

Earlier, Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth did not rule out that the United States would deploy ground troops in Iran. According to him, you cannot fight and win if you tell the enemy what you are ready to do or not ready to do, including the deployment of ground troops.