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Iran is planning to treat all of Elon Musk’s companies as military targets, according to Iranian state media, which alleged the billionaire’s holdings were used by the US military to carry out war crimes.
The nation will add all of Musk’s assets in the region to its list of military targets, including Starlink ground stations in Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Oman, as well as SpaceX partners, according to a post by Iranian state media outlet Fars on Telegram.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right to attack all facilities related to [Musk]-managed holdings in the region and occupied territories,” an unnamed source told Fars – alleging Musk’s companies were used to carry out attacks on water infrastructure in southern Iran this week.
Iran is planning to treat all of Elon Musk’s companies as military targets, according to Iranian state media. Getty ImagesSpaceX, which owns Starlink, and a lawyer for Musk did not immediately respond to The Post’s requests for comment.
Musk’s satellite internet service provider, Starlink, has become a major government contractor, snapping up billions of dollars in federal contracts for the use of its network to support aerial attack drones and unmanned surveillance and strike vessels.
According to Reuters, the US military has used Starlink to operate “kamikaze” drone attacks on Iran.
The Fars media report broke around the same time President Trump warned in a Truth Social post Thursday morning that the US will attack Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT.”
He added that the US will soon “be taking Kharg Island,” an energy hub for 90% of Iranian crude oil exports, along with “other oil infrastructure points.”
Later on Thursday, the president signaled that a tentative peace deal has been reached and called off his planned strikes on Iran.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei walks along a street in Tehran in 2019. ISNA/AFP via Getty ImagesThe US and Iran exchanged strikes for a second consecutive day Wednesday, after Trump said Iran shot down a US Army helicopter patrolling the Strait of Hormuz Monday evening.
“United States Central Command has completed multiple self-defense strikes in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression,” a senior Trump administration official told The Post. “Our forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready, and Iran should make a deal.”
The White House did not respond to inquiries about Iranian threats on Musk’s companies.
Asked what he’ll do if Tehran doesn’t agree to a peace deal, Trump told Fox News’ Trey Yingst on Wednesday evening: “We’ll bomb the s–t out of them tomorrow.”
Earlier this year, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened to “destroy” several other American tech firms, including Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft and Google.
Militaries have increasingly turned to Starlink since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, when the satellite service became a crucial tool to give Ukrainian troops access to the internet.
Most recently, SpaceX was awarded a $2.29 billion contract last month by the Space Force, a branch of the US Armed Forces, to build a network of low earth orbit satellites that could power a military internet in space.
Musk’s SpaceX is slated to go public Friday at an eye-popping valuation between $1.75 trillion and $2 trillion – which would make him the world’s first trillionaire.
Musk is currently the richest person in the world with a net worth of $784.8 billion, according to Forbes.
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