Iran's IRGC claims strike on Amazon data hub in Bahrain amid escalating US confrontation
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed that its Aerospace Force targeted and destroyed the central data infrastructure of the US company Amazon in Bahrain. The force also said it struck US air-defence systems and radar installations in the Bahraini areas of Muharraq and Riffa. The claim was issued on Tuesday through a statement from the IRGC's public relations office.
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According to the statement, the attack used several cruise missiles. Bahraini and US officials had not responded to the claim at the time of publication, and Amazon had also not commented. The IRGC said the strike was carried out in response to what it described as the previous day's US military aggression against civilian facilities under construction in Darkhovin.
The reported attack comes during the tenth consecutive day of direct military confrontation between Iran and the United States. That confrontation has continued despite diplomatic efforts and exchanges of messages between the two sides. Iran has warned that if US attacks continue, it will target facilities and infrastructure in regional countries that are made available to or used by US forces.
The claim is significant because it involves critical digital infrastructure in Bahrain, a Gulf state that hosts strategic military and communications assets. A strike on a data hub, if confirmed, would raise concerns not only about military escalation but also about the vulnerability of civilian technology infrastructure in a wider regional conflict. The allegation also adds a cyber and digital dimension to a confrontation that has already involved strikes on military and nuclear-related sites.
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The same statement linked the claimed operation to wider tensions over Iran's nuclear programme and US military pressure. Iran's Permanent Mission to the International Organisations in Vienna called on the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Security Council to condemn the US attack on the under-construction Darkhovin nuclear power plant. The IAEA said it was reviewing reports of that attack but had not issued an independent assessment.
What remains unclear is whether the claimed strike caused any damage, casualties or disruption in Bahrain. There has been no independent confirmation of the alleged hits on Amazon's infrastructure or the air-defence and radar sites named by the IRGC. The next developments to watch are any official responses from Bahrain, the United States and Amazon, as well as whether the confrontation broadens further across the Gulf region.
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