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AWS later sent an email to customers stating that it was "waiving all usage-related charges in the ME-CENTRAL-1 Region
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AWS has since told DCD that the data was not in fact deleted and is available on customer request.
Key facts
- On March 22, the IRGC threatened to target US and Israel‑linked energy and IT infrastructure in the Middle East, should its power plants be attacked
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has named 18 major US tech companies located in the Middle East as "legitimate targets
- AWS later sent an email to customers stating that it was "waiving all usage-related charges in the ME-CENTRAL-1 Region for March 2026
- The IRGC said that strikes could begin today, April 1
Summary
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has named 18 major US tech companies located in the Middle East as "legitimate targets. In a post on X, Tasnim News Agency, a news agency associated with the IRGC, said: "IRGC issued a warning to the US gov't & major tech firms, declaring them legitimate military targets in response to terror attacks that killed Iranians, orchestrated with US-Israeli intelligence support. The companies included are Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Google, Dell, Tesla, General Electric, HP, Apple, IBM, Nvidia, Spire Solutions, Oracle, Intel, Nvidia, Meta, Palatir, JPMorgan, and Boeing. According to a report from The Information, the threats are in retaliation for US efforts to kill the Iranian leadership. On March 22, the IRGC threatened to target US and Israel‑linked energy and IT infrastructure in the Middle East, should its power plants be attacked.