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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has suggested it could target the facilities of more than a dozen US companies in the Middle East. The IRGC specifically warned American industries to evacuate the region to avoid harm.
The IRGC has issued a warning stating, “We warn the American regime to evacuate all American industries in the region,” as it threatens to target facilities of US companies such as ExxonMobil and Boeing in the Middle East. More than a dozen US firms are reportedly based in the region, including Oracle and Citigroup, with operations spanning Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Amman.
The IRGC has indicated it may target facilities of more than a dozen US companies in the Middle East in the “coming hours,” urging American industries to evacuate the region. Companies such as ExxonMobil, Boeing, and Microsoft, which are based in locations including Dubai and Abu Dhabi, are specifically mentioned in this warning.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has suggested it could target the facilities of more than a dozen US companies in the Middle East.
In a statement, the IRGC warned: ‘We warn the American regime to evacuate all American industries in the region.
‘We ask people living near industrial factories in which Americans hold shares to leave those areas so they are not harmed.’
More than a dozen companies from the US are based in the Middle East, including ExxonMobil, Boeing, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin and Amazon Web Services.
Others include Oracle, Citigroup, NSO Group, KKR, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, and Trafitura.
They’re based in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Jordan, and other areas throughout the region.
The IRGC threatened to target the industries in the ‘coming hours’, warning those living near factories.
Israel, in Tehran on April 5, 2024. The Guards, including two generals, were killed in the air strike on April 1, which levelled the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Damascus. The funeral ceremony coincides with the annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations, when Iran and its allies stage marches in support of the Palestinians. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM” decoding=”sync”/>
The IRGC has threatened to target American companies (Picture: PA)
Iranian missiles have already targeted US-linked areas in the region, with a missile landing on the US Embassy inside Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone this weekend.
Trump has remained firm in his bid to spark regime change and knock out Iran’s nuclear weapons arsenal.
But this week, he’s also been accused of backtracking and contradicting his own statements regarding the war in Iran.
He told reporters: ‘Really, I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory – because it is their territory.’
Less than an hour later, he said: ‘They should come, and they should help us protect it. You could make the case that maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all, because we don’t need it.
‘We have a lot of oil. We’re the number one producer anywhere in the world times two.’
Iranian missiles have continued to target neighbouring countries (Picture: AFP)
After a strike on an Iranian school killed 175 children in late February, there was confusion as to whether Iran, the US or Israel was behind it.
US Central Command has acknowledged using Tomahawk missiles in this war and even released a photo of the USS Spruance, part of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier group located within range of the school, firing a Tomahawk missile on February 28.
When asked by a reporter whether the US was responsible for the blast, which killed mostly children, Trump responded, without providing evidence: ‘No, in my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran.’
He added: ‘I will certainly, whatever the report shows, be willing to live with that report.’
After a report found that the US struck the school, Trump said: ‘I don’t know about it.’
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