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US Tech Firms Could Be Targets In Iran War (S01E25)
Thursday, March 13, 2026, Istanbul
In the last day or so Iran’s pro-Revolutonary Guard Tasnim news agency issued a statement meant to strike fear across the US tech sector.
It was a list of US-based companies that it said could be subject to attack. They included high-tech companies that are the darlings of Wall Street: Google, Microsoft, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, Amazon, and Oracle.
Why would Iran target these companies?
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