Iran Launches New Round of Attacks! Targets Multiple Middle Eastern Facilities of Amazon and Google

[Ebrun Exclusive] March 13 - As tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East, the scope of conflict is gradually extending from traditional military domains to digital infrastructure and the technology industry chain.

Recently, Tasnim News Agency, a media outlet closely linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a list designating approximately 30 facilities of major tech companies in the Middle East as so-called "hostile technological infrastructure," hinting that these locations could become targets for future attacks.

The report states that as the nature of regional warfare evolves from traditional military confrontation to include "infrastructure warfare," Iran's scope of "legitimate strike targets" is also expanding.

According to information released by the agency on social media platform X, assets of companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Nvidia, IBM, and Palantir Technologies, totaling around 30 locations in the Middle East, have been listed as "new targets." The related statements identify these facilities as "hostile technological infrastructure."

Geographically, the named facilities are primarily concentrated in Israel and the Gulf region, with multiple locations in tech and finance hubs such as Dubai, UAE, and Tel Aviv, Israel. Industry insiders point out that these cities are also key hubs for multinational tech companies deploying R&D centers, regional headquarters, and cloud computing nodes in the Middle East.

Amazon appears to be "at the forefront" of this target list, featured in the header.

Information disclosed by Iranian media indicates that Amazon facilities included in the potential strike range comprise:

the Amazon office in Tel Aviv, responsible for technical engineering and development functions; the administrative and operational center in Haifa, handling cloud technology development; Amazon data centers located in Israel; as well as the cloud infrastructure node in Bahrain responsible for regional cloud services, and the Middle Eastern AWS cloud computing facilities located in the UAE.

According to the list's description, most of the selected facilities are closely related to artificial intelligence system development or regional cloud computing operations, playing a critical role within the Middle East's digital infrastructure system.

As of now, international media outlets have contacted Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Google, Oracle, IBM, and Palantir Technologies for comment but have not yet received immediate responses.

Notably, this threat declaration follows shortly after an actual attack targeting Amazon infrastructure in the Middle East.

On March 1, 2026, multiple data centers of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the Middle East were attacked. Two data centers located in the UAE were directly hit, causing fires and leading to partial cloud service disruptions; additionally, a data center in Bahrain was damaged by falling debris from a nearby attack.

This incident quickly triggered a chain reaction within the regional digital economy.

As numerous enterprise systems are deployed on the AWS platform, the cloud infrastructure disruption caused system failures for several banks and financial platforms in the UAE, and digital services like the regional ride-hailing platform Careem were also temporarily affected. Simultaneously, Amazon's e-commerce business experienced indirect impacts, with the company notifying customers that order delivery times in the Middle East would be extended, affecting countries including Israel, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

Subsequently, Tasnim News Agency, closely associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, released information stating that these actions aimed to identify and strike technological infrastructure "supporting enemy military and intelligence activities."

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