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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Marie Joy Toledo

Iran Claims Oracle Strike in UAE as Dubai Attack Fears Escalate—Which Tech Giants Are on the Target List?

Iran claims Oracle strike in UAE (Credit: sina drakhshani/Unsplash)

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims it has struck a data centre belonging to US tech firm Oracle in Dubai, fuelling fresh anxieties about attacks on commercial technology infrastructure in the Gulf.

The claim comes as the IRGC's leadership publicly named 18 major American technology and corporate giants as 'legitimate targets' in retaliation for what Tehran calls Western aggression, a move that could have broad implications for global tech operations.

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