And Hoda, Iran threatening to target U.S. tech companies in the Gulf
Clearly, this is something that is going to send something of a shockwave across that sector
Indeed, it will. And I think already some of these companies that we which you mentioned earlier
companies like Google, like Palantir, like NVIDIA, will probably tell their employees to sit at home and work remotely
Now, Iran says that these companies have been working with Israel and have been helping Israel for military use, have been giving them software that could be used in their military
That is the reasoning. But what triggered all of that is the attack on the Sefa Bank in Iran
It infuriated the Iranians, and they said, well, if you're going to hit our economic structure, then we will hit yours
It's a tit for tat. So whatever happens in Iran, Iran then comes out and says, well, we will do the same to you
But that has actually triggered also a panic in the banking system
just 24 hours ago Citibank for example Standard Chart have announced that they told their employees to work from home
The same happened with HSBC here in Qatar. So we will see this continuous update from the Iranians, they remaining defiance, they
showing that they can keep up with the pace of what is happening to them
And if you look at what happened over the last 24 hours, the number of targets that have been hit around the GCC as far as Iraq, as far as the southern port of Iraq, so many oil installation, oil storage facilities, containers
Iran does have intelligence, does have the capability, despite all that pressure it has from the skies
despite Donald Trump saying that, or rather the Secretary of State for Defence saying
that that would be the most intense night on Tuesday, was supposed to be the most intense night ever on Iran
Well, despite all of that, it has managed to inflict a lot of damage
Hoda, as always, thank you very much indeed. Hoda Abdelhamid in Doha for France 24
Stay safe. Thank you very much indeed, Hoda