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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed Tuesday its forces fired cruise missiles at Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain and wiped it out.
Fars News Agency, an outlet linked to the IRGC, reported the strike in a translated statement. The claim has not been independently verified by Western outlets or officials.
The IRGC also said its Aerospace Force struck US air defense systems and radar sites in Bahrain's Muharraq and Riffa districts during the same operation.
Bahraini authorities, US officials and Amazon have all stayed silent on the allegations. Tehran framed the strike as retaliation for what it called a US attack on an under construction civilian facility in Darkhovin.
US Central Command has pummeled Iranian targets nightly, insisting the campaign is meant to gut Iran's ability to menace shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has warned that continued American strikes will draw retaliation against regional infrastructure tied to US forces.
President Donald Trump has vowed Iran will pay "many times over" for the deaths of American troops in Jordan and Iraq. Iran's mission in Vienna has separately urged the International Atomic Energy Agency and the UN Security Council to condemn the US strike on the Darkhovin nuclear site.
Tech firms have repeatedly found themselves caught in the crossfire since the conflict reignited. Amazon Web Services facilities in the UAE and Bahrain were hit by drone strikes back in March, triggering widespread outages.
Weeks later, the IRGC threatened a broader wave of attacks against American tech giants operating across the Middle East, naming Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft and Google.
Analysts warn that if the fighting drags into August, depleted inventory buffers could push Gulf production down further and send prices soaring past the triple digit mark.
