Iran warns that US AI center in Abu Dhabi is "within range of Iranian missiles"
Iran threatened to strike an artificial intelligence center in the United Arab Emirates after an airstrike targeted Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology on Monday morning, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.
The strike damaged the university’s computing center and GPU facility, which provides infrastructure to the country’s AI capabilities, according to Tasnim, which is affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The outlet highlighted that the US’s “Stargate” AI center in Abu Dhabi, which is being developed with OpenAI, Oracle and Nvidia, is “within range of Iranian missiles.”
“Iran has identified this as a strategic target and considers itself entitled to respond reciprocally under its legal rights,” the news agency said.
The threat follows a warning from Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters in Tehran, who cautioned that the “gates of hell will be opened upon you” if Iran’s infrastructure continues to face attacks.
Meanwhile Trump is having a temper tantrum again
Trump lambasts NATO, Australia, Japan, South Korea for ‘not helping’ with war on Iran
Trump has directed harsh criticism at NATO and several key US allies he claims have not helped the US in its war with Iran.
Speaking at a press conference, he repeated his frequent criticism that NATO is a “paper tiger,” and also singled out Australia, Japan and South Korea, saying they “didn’t help us”.
“Weve got 50,000 soldiers in Japan to protect them from North Korea,” Trump said. “We have 45,000 soldiers in South Korea.”
Trump then commended some Persian Gulf nations, admitting that their involvement is related to their proximity to the conflict: “Saudi Arabia has been excellent, Qatar has been excellent, UAE has been excellent, Bahrain, Kuwait.”
And confirms he's using the gulf states to stage attacks on Iran, thus legitimizing Iran targeting US assets in these countries.
