Iran issues direct strike threat to Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, 14 other US tech companies — ‘These companies should expect destruction of their facilities in response to each act of terror in Iran’

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a direct strike threat to a slew of U.S. tech companies, including GPU giant Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Cisco, and Tesla, just days after the regime identified the companies as ‘legitimate targets.’ As reported by CBS News, the IRGC issued an updated and more direct threat via Telegram on Tuesday.

Per the report, the group claimed that it would begin targeting some 18 U.S. and finance companies, specifically their Middle Eastern presences. As noted, the IRGC has already threatened these companies; however, Tuesday’s statement represents a marked escalation in rhetorical threat.

The IRGC reportedly stated that the U.S. has “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.”

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Strikingly, the IRGC warned employees of the named institutions, which also include J.P. Morgan, 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…