Iran says will target Apple, Google and Meta if more of its leaders are killed
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“Iran says will target Apple, Google and Meta if more of its leaders are killed”
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All cited Wikipedia sources are unrelated to the claim about Revolutionary Guards threatening tech companies. The evidence provided discusses Mahsa Amini protests, mass surveillance, and US sanctions, which do not corroborate the claim.
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— Civil unrest and protests against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and carried…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsa_Amini_protests
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— Mass surveillance in Iran looks into Iranian government surveillance of its citizens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_Iran
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— Following the Iranian Revolution, the United States has since 1979 applied various economic, trade, scientific and military sanctions against Iran. United States economic sanctions are administered by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions_agains…
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“A list of 18 US tech firms released by the Revolutionary Guards also included Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Oracle and Palantir”
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Wikipedia entries about IRGC structure and branches do not mention any list of 18 US tech firms. The evidence is unrelated to the claim about company retaliation.
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— The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; also known domestically as Sepah or Pasdaran and internationally as Iranian Revolutionary Guards) is a multi-service primary force of the Iranian Armed For…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Co…
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— The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, officially known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force (IRGCASF; Persian: نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, roman…
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— The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces (Persian: نیروی زمینی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: Niroye Zamini Sepah Pasdaran Enghalab Eslami), acronymed NEZSA (Persian: نزسا), are th…
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“Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that they would target leading US technology firms like Apple, Google and Meta if more Iranian leaders were killed in 'targeted assassinations'”
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Wikipedia sources for this claim discuss unrelated topics (Jimmy Lai, Tehran TV series, US Army) with no connection to Revolutionary Guards' threats against tech firms.
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— Lai Chee-ying (Chinese: 黎智英; born 8 December 1947), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He founded the clothing retailer Giordano, the media company Next Digital (forme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai
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— Tehran (Hebrew: טהרן) is an Israeli spy thriller television series created by Moshe Zonder for the Israeli public channel Kan 11. Written by Zonder and Omri Shenhar and directed by Daniel Syrkin, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_(TV_series)
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— The United States Army (U.S. Army) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As a part of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army
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“These companies, starting from 8pm Tehran time on Wednesday, April 1, should expect the destruction of their relevant units in exchange for every assassination in Iran”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia or web searches to support the claim about destruction of tech company units starting April 1.
“The Guards’ statement said the US government and tech giants had 'ignored our repeated warnings regarding the necessity' of halting operations targeting top Iranian officials”
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Wikipedia sources about IRGC structure do not mention any statement about the US ignoring warnings regarding assassinations of Iranian officials.
“As a result, these 18 companies – who also included Intel, Microsoft and Oracle, as well as electric car company Tesla, analytics firm Palantir, and chip giant Nvidia – risk retaliation, the statement said”
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Evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries about IRGC branches, which do not reference any list of 18 companies or retaliation threats.
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