IRAN plans to target Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starlink facilities across the Middle East, including Israel, according to state media.
Companies owned by the Tesla boss will be considered “military targets”, state-owned Fars News Agency reports.
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It said: “All interests related to economic holdings managed by Elon Musk in West Asia, including Arab countries and Israel, have been entirely included in the initial list for drafting new targets.
“Iran reserves the right to attack all facilities related to holdings managed by Musk in the region.”
Musk’s Starlink terminals have been used inside Iran by anti-regime activists trying to communicate after nationwide internet blackouts.
The satellite-linked internet devices were banned by the regime as it cracked down on anti-Ayatollah resistance.
Using the devices or their wi-fi in Iran carries a punishment of up to two years in prison under the ruthless regime.
Thousands of Starlinks were reportedly smuggled to Iran during anti-government uprisings at the start of the year.
The US State Department had purchased almost 6,000 Starlink terminals – with most bought in January – to help dissidents circumvent the blackout, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Officials did not know if Trump or someone else directly approved the plan.
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It comes as Donald Trump vowed to snatch control of Iran’s oil and gas by seizing Kharg Island, the regime’s key export hub.
He threatened to hit “VERY HARD TONIGHT” after two days of strikes on the rogue nation.
The US President wrote on Truth Social: “At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets.”
Trump earlier threatened to “bomb the s**t out of Iran” again if Tehran does not agree to a deal, after he unleashed a huge wave of strikes on the rogue nation last night.
Now Trump has said he’ll grab control of the regime’s oil and gas, “much like we have with Venezuela”.
The US president wrote on Truth Social: “At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets.”
He threatened to hit “VERY HARD TONIGHT” after two days of strikes on the rogue nation.
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi slammed the strikes, claiming that the US use of military bases in the Gulf “placed those countries alongside the aggressor parties”.
US Central Command said its missiles had hit “Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defence sites”.
US Central Command wrote on X that forces began launching “self-defence strikes” yesterday at 5.15pm ET (10.15pm UK time) on the orders of the Commander in Chief.
Iran said it had fired at US bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain overnight, as well as claiming to have completely shut off the Strait of Hormuz.
The Strait of Hormuz is now closed for all ships “regardless of type,” Iranian state media reported.
But US CENTCOM claimed commercial ships are continuing to pass through the key waterway.
Bahrain’s interior ministry said that an 11-year-old girl had been injured in “sinful Iranian aggression” on the kingdom.
It also reported “burning of vehicles and damage to homes in Hamad City and the capital Manama, following the fall of shrapnel resulting from the interception and destruction of Iranian drones”, posting dramatic photos of the damage.