Iran claims "free rein" to target US banks and tech giants as president reveals conditions for end to war

Tehran, Iran - Iran's military vowed on Wednesday to launch strikes against US and Israeli economic interests in the region, including banks, while an Iranian news agency listed tech giants as possible "future targets."

Iran said it would start targeting US and Israeli-linked banks and tech giants in the region after the bombing of an bank in Tehran.  © REUTERS

"The enemy has given us free rein to target economic centers and banks belonging to the United States and the Zionist regime," the military's central operational command, Khatam Al-Anbiya, said in a statement carried by state TV in response to reports of a strike hitting an Iranian bank.

It urged people across the region to avoid going within half a mile of banks.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that "a branch of my country's oldest bank was bombed while full of employees."

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"Our Powerful Armed Forces will exact retribution for this crime," he added on X.

Iranian media had reported US and Israeli strikes hit a bank in Tehran overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, killing an unspecified number of staff.

Iran's Tasnim news agency also published a list of potential targets for Iran on Telegram, including the offices of tech giants such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia in Gulf countries and Israel.

"With the expansion of regional war into infrastructure warfare, the scope of Iran's potential targets are gradually expanding," Tasnim wrote, without citing a source for the possible development.

Tech giant Amazon said last week that two of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates were "directly struck" by drones, disrupting cloud services in parts of the Middle East.

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Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian set out conditions for a possible end to the war, saying the only way to halt the fighting would be international guarantees ensuring a permanent end to all attacks, as well as reparations and the recognition of Iran's "legitimate rights."

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