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What just happened? Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard says it launched several cruise missiles at Amazon's data infrastructure in Bahrain, claiming the attack destroyed the facility. The alleged strike marks the latest escalation in the renewed conflict between Tehran and Washington, though neither Amazon nor US or Bahraini officials has confirmed that it actually happened.
The IRGC's Aerospace Force said it targeted what it described as Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain. Iranian state-linked media made the announcement on Tuesday, adding that US air defense systems and radar installations in the Bahraini areas of Muharraq and Riffa were also attacked.
Iran said the operation was retaliation for a US strike on the Darkhovin nuclear power plant, which is still under construction in southwestern Iran. The United States has been carrying out nightly attacks across Iran since hostilities resumed earlier this month, while Tehran has targeted American military facilities and other US-linked sites throughout the Gulf.
