Iran targets US big tech

[DiMarxist]

Waoo this war is really taking another form as each days passes. Targeting these companies which all has links to the united states is unnecessary to me from the Iran so called Revolutionary guard. But even if these companies office are destroyed the impact to me will be minimal because the highest thing that will happen is that these companies will only short down their oppositions in the middle east which to me will even affect Iran on the long run.

[WannaParadise]

The first question is what will happen to the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices?

Clear threats to global tech firms increase market risk perception. My think is that the S&P 500 and NASDAQ could pull back in the 1-3% range in the first place because portfolios move into a hedging position. I think that if there is no concrete attack and supply chain disruption partial recovery is possible in two or three weeks.

The second question is what will happen to Bitcoin?

For Bitcoin, my think is that crypto will react with high volatility first. It could see a rise as some investors turn to BTC for short term hedging.However, liquidity panics can also drag Bitcoin into a sharp decline. I think that if the environment of trust is maintained in the medium term the effects will be limited...

[ndutndut]

I hope that this is a war propaganda by Iran, like sone people are also speculating because if it happens for real that they will target all these American companies the war will degenerate to a next level and more fierce fightings on both sides. I want to believe that the two sides have shown their strength especially on the side of Iran that it is capable of some levels of retaliations against America. This should be a time of dialogue on both sides because war never favors any side because of the casualties and the hardships that it will cause the ordinary citizens.

Even as Iran carries out attack on American technology companies in the Middle East. That pales in comparison to the US attack on Iran's desalination plant, or their recent attack on one of Tehran's largest pharmaceutical companies. Attack on pharmaceutical production facilities and desalination plants not only escalate the situation but also constitute war crimes and act of genocide.

Instead of hoping Iran will not escalate the conflict, we should also hope the US will stop its genocidal action.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/middleeast/tehran-pharmaceutical-strike-israel.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-claims-us-israel-strikes-targeted-major-pharmaceutical-company/

This isn't propaganda, as it's true that Iran will attack these companies in the Gulf region. They even claim they are legitimate targets for Iran at this time. Every time the US and Israel attack Iran targeting public facilities, Iran will do the same. This also happened recently, when the US attacked Iranian universities, Iran also attacked US and Israeli universities in the Gulf region.

Yes, it's true. The targets of attacks by Israel and the US have always been public installations, not military barracks. Most recently, they bombed Tofigh Darou, Iran's largest pharmaceutical producer. What is Israel and the US's goal in attacking these pharmaceutical companies if not to deny the Iranian people access to affordable medicines? This is of course an act of genocide.

[Cookdata]

This isn't propaganda, as it's true that Iran will attack these companies in the Gulf region. They even claim they are legitimate targets for Iran at this time. Every time the US and Israel attack Iran targeting public facilities, Iran will do the same. This also happened recently, when the US attacked Iranian universities, Iran also attacked US and Israeli universities in the Gulf region.

Yes, it's true. The targets of attacks by Israel and the US have always been public installations, not military barracks. Most recently, they bombed Tofigh Darou, Iran's largest pharmaceutical producer. What is Israel and the US's goal in attacking these pharmaceutical companies if not to deny the Iranian people access to affordable medicines? This is of course an act of genocide.

It will be unwise if they decided to follow this path. You can't attack a country that never for once attack you. It's not even logical but it's understandable since they are at war but if they do, it will only escalate this war than how they forsee it. I don't think they will even have sympathy if they decided to attack Gulf regions, Saudi Arabia is benefited more from United state, they will attack them back, there companies contribute to their economy that other countries, most of the people that work in these companies are indegeneus and not US citizens.

The last few days, some of those countries has blocked and counter some misses from Iran but didn't engage after that, so who is actually trying to push them into more chaos. At this point I feel they should embrace peace and talk, both has lost in all ways possible. I'm sure that even Donald will accept the cards of both parties are going to have some and middle east stablize. If they go after the companies in gulf countries, everyone will lose it.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I hope that this is a war propaganda by Iran, like sone people are also speculating because if it happens for real that they will target all these American companies the war will degenerate to a next level and more fierce fightings on both sides. I want to believe that the two sides have shown their strength especially on the side of Iran that it is capable of some levels of retaliations against America. This should be a time of dialogue on both sides because war never favors any side because of the casualties and the hardships that it will cause the ordinary citizens.

Even as Iran carries out attack on American technology companies in the Middle East. That pales in comparison to the US attack on Iran's desalination plant, or their recent attack on one of Tehran's largest pharmaceutical companies. Attack on pharmaceutical production facilities and desalination plants not only escalate the situation but also constitute war crimes and act of genocide.

Instead of hoping Iran will not escalate the conflict, we should also hope the US will stop its genocidal action.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/middleeast/tehran-pharmaceutical-strike-israel.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-claims-us-israel-strikes-targeted-major-pharmaceutical-company/

This isn't propaganda, as it's true that Iran will attack these companies in the Gulf region. They even claim they are legitimate targets for Iran at this time. Every time the US and Israel attack Iran targeting public facilities, Iran will do the same. This also happened recently, when the US attacked Iranian universities, Iran also attacked US and Israeli universities in the Gulf region.

Yes, it's true. The targets of attacks by Israel and the US have always been public installations, not military barracks. Most recently, they bombed Tofigh Darou, Iran's largest pharmaceutical producer. What is Israel and the US's goal in attacking these pharmaceutical companies if not to deny the Iranian people access to affordable medicines? This is of course an act of genocide.

Anything can happen in war times and that's why these countries at war are doing so much harm to their economies by destroying major businesses that save lives and are a good source of income to the people.

Right now Iran has threatened to bomb data centers and offices in the Gulf region of UAE, Kuwait just to hurt the tech market more and it is causing a lot of tension in terms of extreme volatility, thus making Bitcoin a risk on asset rather than a digital gold as viewed by investors.

[STT]

I dont think Bitcoin was a risk asset beforehand anyway, generally it will sell off when Dollar might rising.  The only surprising thing recently was gold falling back during this war but when its gained so much beforehand I think its become a source of funds especially to any nation who is unable to sell their oil in a blocked gulf sea lane.

[logfiles]

Iran can only threaten to do something, but the fact is that the US and Israel have already destroyed so many of their military capacities that their firepower when it comes to ballistic missiles and drones has decreased by at least 90%.

This was said a couple of days back but then a few hours later Israel received one of the largest barrage of missiles since the war started. I am not sure whether I am going to believe what Trump and his warmongering Secretary of war keep saying on media

The fact that they threaten to attack the branches of American companies in the surrounding countries can only bring them more harm than good, because those countries will not suffer attacks indefinitely without deciding to retaliate.

Would you rather they start sending missiles to the US? The US and Israel are directly bombing their country. I don't think you would expect them to just keep watching and not defend themselves. Even if it was you, if some chap came along and started slapping you left and right, would you just keep watching them do more harm to you?
This all would have not happened if the US had not started the unnecessary war.

[terrific]

They walk the talk and attacked AWS in Bahrain. ~ Amazon's cloud business in Bahrain damaged in Iran strike, FT reports
Before they attack and send a missile, they are giving a warning first for the civilians to avoid the area.
I don't think that Trump will just let it pass and he's also said that he'll do the same.
These countries really are making things worse, none of them is compassionate about what they are doing to the world now.
But it got worse because of who started it.  

[Razmirraz]

The first question is what will happen to the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices?

The second question is what will happen to Bitcoin?

In a situation of great concern that could have a major impact on global financial markets, it is likely that the S&P 500 and NASDAQ will experience a decline because investors tend to stay away from risky assets during geopolitical tensions like this. It seems that this time the US has chosen the wrong opponent, Iran has prepared everything to defend its sovereignty. If Iran actually targets the entire building, the pressure will be even greater because they will have difficulty or no time to move their assets.

While Bitcoin is often considered a safe haven during times of geopolitical instability, although Bitcoin's reaction to these situations is unclear and can be highly volatile, I still see upside potential due to global uncertainty. So, I just want to say that financial markets can change in an instant, especially amidst geopolitical tensions that can have a big impact on the market. I think they should get used to being more adaptable in situations like this, and Bitcoin is still an option because it's not made in physical form.

[asriloni]

On March 1, Iranian forces struck Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, which provides cloud infrastructure for numerous popular online services, as well as for government agencies, universities, and businesses. The damage to three AWS facilities in the Middle East resulted in limited local disruption. Global damage was avoided because the company quickly redistributed the computing load to its branches in other regions.

They can destroy all the data centers in the Middle East, and there are a lot of them there.

Baseless argument. More than 97% of data centre is located outside of middle east. I think what you said is actually BS. It's more like a propaganda. Even if they're planning to destroy all data centre in middle east, they will also have to face the consequence being a public enemy from all of countries in middle east.

Beside that nothing will happen caused by none of services run by big companies will be affected. It will give no impact to the stock price as well as bitcoin.

[DanWalker]

This all would have not happened if the US had not started the unnecessary war.

The Strait of Hormuz will not be closed, oil supplies will not be disrupted, and oil will not skyrocket. The Gulf states would not have been attacked by Iran and the global economy would not have been thrown into instability, if the US had not launched this war.

The US initiated this war, and they are the ones bearing the full consequences of it. But its baffling that so many people only know how to blame a country that is under attack by an enemy and is merely defending itself

[Oluwa-btc]

Let us just hope that both sides will wake up to their senses and stop this war immediately. It is not them that are actually suffering but the public. Rising commodity prices owed to increasing oil prices.

Ahh, Bullshit!! Why is nobody condemning the war, and aggression from Donald Trump and the US government?! That is the most important thing, why had it got to be both ways?! You do not expect iran to sit back & watch after seeing 176,  teachers including students die from a deliberate attack from the US. That is a war crime and a grave one against humanity. They should be cautioned not Iran defending themselves. Before the attack, the American analysts who work with Trump must have briefed him about the consequences but his big ego and fear of the release of the complete Epstein files lead him to kick off this war. It was never like this before the war, the US government and Donald Trump should be blamed.

[Oshio-man]

I know Iran will not going to do such a thing to U.S Tech, they know it will increase the war that will make Iran regret for the decision, one thing I know U.S government for is that they don't joke with their resources because the moment they discover that Iran government is planning such things against their resources, they will do everything possible to prevent such thing to make sure their resources are safe and protected, if this war continues it will definitely going to affect bitcoin because it will make the price of bitcoin to increase to break into all time high to cause short term investors and long term investors to achieve good income from their investments.

[Zlantann]

They walk the talk and attacked AWS in Bahrain. ~ Amazon's cloud business in Bahrain damaged in Iran strike, FT reports
Before they attack and send a missile, they are giving a warning first for the civilians to avoid the area.
I don't think that Trump will just let it pass and he's also said that he'll do the same.
These countries really are making things worse, none of them is compassionate about what they are doing to the world now.
But it got worse because of who started it.  

The US, which started the war, is safe from direct attacks from Iran. The Gulf nations that thought they would be protected by the US are bearing the consequences.

This war is not going to end anytime soon because Trump and his Israeli allies are bent on destroying Iran if it refuses to surrender. The USS Gerald R Ford left Croatia, and the next destination is unknown. But it might be heading to the Middle East. Iran is also defiant and would keep fighting.

The global economy is in shock, so we shouldn't expect much from stocks, Bitcoin, gold, and other assets.

[BALIK]

I know Iran will not going to do such a thing to U.S Tech, they know it will increase the war that will make Iran regret for the decision, one thing I know U.S government for is that they don't joke with their resources because the moment they discover that Iran government is planning such things against their resources, they will do everything possible to prevent such thing to make sure their resources are safe and protected,

Iran has already done that, as terrific has updated above. The United States is prepared to escalate the conflict by continuing its attack on Iranian territory. Why can not Iran retaliate and regret it?

if this war continues it will definitely going to affect bitcoin because it will make the price of bitcoin to increase to break into all time high to cause short term investors and long term investors to achieve good income from their investments.

I do not know what basis you have for making that prediction, but I doubt it. War is about loss and damage, so it will never have any positive impact on the economy and Bitcoin.
If the conflict continues to escalate, oil will continue to rise. That would be a disaster for the financial markets in general.

[coinrifft]

On March 1, Iranian forces struck Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, which provides cloud infrastructure for numerous popular online services, as well as for government agencies, universities, and businesses. The damage to three AWS facilities in the Middle East resulted in limited local disruption. Global damage was avoided because the company quickly redistributed the computing load to its branches in other regions.

They can destroy all the data centers in the Middle East, and there are a lot of them there.

Maybe but this is big companies, so they can just rebuild themselves, just because they are a target and assuming that it's true that data centers will be destroyed, it doesn't mean the end of the world for them. On the contrary, they could rebuild as fast as they can to show that no one can stop them. Again, billion or trillion dollar industry and so they are more willing to go and used that kind of money. As for Bitcoin, we're in the bearish trend anyways, so if the price continue to decline then it has nothing to do with the noises in the background. We will see and suffer bottoming and capitulating of the price this year or the next.

[dansus021]

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has accused several major international companies—Sisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta IBM, DEL, Plantier, Nvidia, GP Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solution, G42, and Boeing—of "actively participating" in "terrorist planning" against Iran.

"These companies should expect the destruction of their affiliated units in response to every assassination in Iran starting at 8:00 PM Tehran time on Wednesday, April 1," according to an IRGC statement cited by Iran's state broadcaster.

The first question is what will happen to the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices?

The second question is what will happen to Bitcoin?

They only accused an international company participating in terrorist activities planning against Iran but they didnt have proof and they didnt attack their HQ or anything. That would be insane if Iran attack one of those companies especially on US soil and that would be a great WAR.

The only thing that has happened right now is US stocks plummeting I hear the news that yesterday alone 700 billion USD is gone.

Same as stock the bitcoin also now have correlation with it, gold also affected. the only thing that up is OIL

[Lucius]

Iran can only threaten to do something, but the fact is that the US and Israel have already destroyed so many of their military capacities that their firepower when it comes to ballistic missiles and drones has decreased by at least 90%.

This was said a couple of days back but then a few hours later Israel received one of the largest barrage of missiles since the war started. I am not sure whether I am going to believe what Trump and his warmongering Secretary of war keep saying on media

Apparently the intelligence officers did a bad job and their estimates of the number of missiles and drones are not correct, and Iran is quite a large country and they hid a lot of it underground. I don't believe any of these clowns when they talk about anything, but I see videos of attacks all over Iran that have been going on continuously for more than a month.

The fact that they threaten to attack the branches of American companies in the surrounding countries can only bring them more harm than good, because those countries will not suffer attacks indefinitely without deciding to retaliate.

Would you rather they start sending missiles to the US? The US and Israel are directly bombing their country. I don't think you would expect them to just keep watching and not defend themselves. Even if it was you, if some chap came along and started slapping you left and right, would you just keep watching them do more harm to you?
This all would have not happened if the US had not started the unnecessary war.

Do you think Iran could attack the US directly? The distance between the two countries is almost 12 000 km, so the answer to that question is quite clear.

I am not denying Iran's right to defend itself, but I am saying that perhaps they have a bad strategy with attacks on their neighbors that will have consequences one day when the war ends. It should also be made clear that Iran has been provoking the US with threats for a very long time and that they have been adding fuel to the fire - and when you have a man like the current US president in power, you need to be smarter.

Most of the EU countries do not support the attack on Iran, they even forbid the Americans to use their airspace and their military bases. Europeans are for peace and have a war on their doorstep that has been going on for over 4 years.

[Mame89]

Let us just hope that both sides will wake up to their senses and stop this war immediately. It is not them that are actually suffering but the public. Rising commodity prices owed to increasing oil prices.

Ahh, Bullshit!! Why is nobody condemning the war, and aggression from Donald Trump and the US government?! That is the most important thing, why had it got to be both ways?! You do not expect iran to sit back & watch after seeing 176,  teachers including students die from a deliberate attack from the US. That is a war crime and a grave one against humanity. They should be cautioned not Iran defending themselves. Before the attack, the American analysts who work with Trump must have briefed him about the consequences but his big ego and fear of the release of the complete Epstein files lead him to kick off this war. It was never like this before the war, the US government and Donald Trump should be blamed.

If you look at this war, it's certainly related to the Epstein files. Donald Trump wanted this war to erase the Epstein files issue. Essentially, this war was only between Israel and Iran. But suddenly the US surprisingly got involved directly by attacking Iran. In last year's war when Iran fought Israel, they didn't directly participate, but instead attacked at the end after which they stopped fighting. But this time, the US was directly involved from the start even proudly assassinating Iranian leaders and even killing children in schools as you mentioned on the first day of the attack. So, it's perfectly natural that Iran defended itself by retaliating.

Donald Trump also started this war without careful consideration. At the beginning, he said the war wouldn't last long he said he would quickly defeat Iran, but what happened was that Iran was very strong and could retaliate with precise attacks. Iran even had an ace in the hole in the Strait of Hormuz which impacted the world's oil market. Donald Trump decision to start this war could be considered reckless and it's possible he chose war to cover up the Epstein files case, which he was allegedly involved in.

Iran response certainly took Trump by surprise. Iran attacked all US bases in the Gulf states and companies involved with the US and Israel. This further pressured the US and put it at risk of defeat because they lacked support from NATO countries. This was evident when Trump invited NATO countries to deploy warships to guard oil vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

[mindrust]

Surprisingly, stocks didn't care much about it so far. I mean how much the nasdaq is down from its ATH? 10%? Something like that and this is happening while USA is having a war with Iran and Iran is hitting US bases all around the middle east. US markets are taking these events incredibly well imo. As long as Iran don't hit a fatally important US asset, it seems nobody will really care. If I were Iran, I would hit Exxon/Aramco facilities. That would really make the US mad but for some reason Iran is avoiding that target. Imagine a hypersonic missile hitting Exxon/Aramco... Everybody would go bat shit crazy over that.