Iran Puts Amazon, Google and Other Tech Firms on Target List as ‘Enemy Technology Infrastructure’
Iran has identified assets belonging to major U.S. technology companies across the Middle East as potential targets, according to a list published by the Iranian news agency Tasnim, which has ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The list includes approximately 30 locations associated with firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, NVIDIA, IBM and Palantir, described as “enemy technology infrastructure.”
The announcement comes as tensions between Iran and the United States continue to escalate. Tasnim said the facilities were selected because of their role in artificial intelligence development or because they coordinate cloud computing services across the region.
Several of the locations are in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Tel Aviv in Israel, including offices belonging to Amazon and Microsoft as well as Nvidia’s engineering and development center.
Some of the sites have already been affected by attacks, as Euronews reports. Two Amazon data centers in the United Arab Emirates were struck on March 1, while a third facility in Bahrain was damaged by debris from another strike. The IRGC said the attacks were intended to identify the role such infrastructure plays in supporting “enemy military and intelligence activities.”
The list also highlighted offices belonging to Oracle, IBM and Google in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi, alleging they provide technological infrastructure linked to military entities.
Several of the companies named have previously been connected to Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud computing contract awarded in 2021 by the Israeli government to Amazon and Google. According to a 2025 report by United Nations rapporteur Francesca Albanese, the project provides Israel with “core tech infrastructure,” giving government agencies broad access to cloud and artificial intelligence services from those companies and Microsoft.
Documents reported by The Intercept in May of last year indicate that Google internally acknowledged risks associated with the contract before signing it. A confidential report prepared by consultants warned that the company would have limited visibility into how its cloud and machine learning tools might be used by Israeli government agencies, including military and intelligence bodies.
Consultants recommended withholding advanced machine learning tools from the Israeli military because of the potential for human rights violations, but internal materials suggested the company proceeded with the deal despite those concerns. Google has previously stated that Project Nimbus is not intended for “highly sensitive, classified or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services.”
Originally published on Latin Times
