US-Israeli Economic and Banking Interests in Region Declared Targets by Iran

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released a list of US companies with Israeli links that have provided technology for military applications. The IRGC has warned that it will target “economic centres and banks” related to these companies in the region.

According to a spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, an IRGC-affiliated group described as owned by the United Nations, the US and Israeli entities are vulnerable to attack. The warning was issued after an alleged Israeli attack on an Iranian bank branch in Tehran.

Iran has stated that US and Israeli forces have bombed nearly 10,000 civilian sites in the country since the war began on February 28, resulting in over 1,300 civilian casualties. The IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency has released a list of offices and infrastructure operated by top US companies with Israeli links, including Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, and Oracle.

The listed locations include multiple cities in Israel as well as some Gulf countries. Iran’s state broadcaster described the alleged attack on the bank branch as “illegitimate and unusual” in a war context. The IRGC has declared economic centres and banks tied to the US and Israel as targets themselves.

In recent days, Israel has bombed a Lebanese building in Beirut’s southern suburbs that was reportedly a branch of the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial institution. This incident is part of Israel’s efforts to target Hezbollah and its operations.

Source: Al Jazeera