Al Arabiya English, on Iran, 22 October 2026

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Iran warns US data centers, AI facilities could be targeted if war resumes

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Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei warned that US-linked data centers, artificial intelligence facilities and other technological infrastructure in the region could be targeted if Washington launched another attack against Iran. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Rezaei told Iran’s state-run Press TV that more than $2 trillion worth of US-linked technology infrastructure in the region could be at risk if hostilities resumed.

“The pulse of the American economy in this region runs through our part of the world,” he said, pointing to major US investments in data centers and artificial intelligence facilities across the Middle East. “We have not yet included these assets among our targets. But if war breaks out, many of these cables, data centers, artificial intelligence facilities, and numerous other sites will be destroyed,” Rezaei warned. The comments signal a potential expansion of targets to include critical technology and communications infrastructure in the event of renewed conflict with the US.

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About this analysis

Al Arabiya English reports a warning by Mohsen Rezaei, Iran's security chief, that US-linked data centres, AI facilities and cables in the region could be targeted if the US attacks Iran again. The article attributes each claim to Rezaei and his interview with Press TV, and it states the condition of a renewed US attack plainly. Nothing in it misleads the reader.

What it gets right

  • “if Washington launched another attack against Iran”

    The article names Washington as the party whose attack would trigger the threatened response. It does not present Iran's warning as unprompted aggression, and "another attack" tells the reader the US has attacked Iran before.

  • “Rezaei told Iran’s state-run Press TV”

    The $2 trillion figure and the threat are tied to a named speaker and a named outlet. The reader knows whose claim it is.

  • “Rezaei warned”

    The outlet keeps the threat in Rezaei's own quoted words and does not restate it as its own fact.

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