IRGC claims Amazon's Bahrain cloud got a hard fork it didn't ask for 🇧🇭💥

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on July 21 that it struck and destroyed the central data infrastructure of American company Amazon in Bahrain using several cruise missiles, according to a report from Iran's IRNA News Agency. The IRGC framed the attack as retaliation for a U.S. strike on the Darkhovin nuclear power plant construction site. The claim was not independently verified, with no confirmation of damage to the alleged facility from outside sources at the time of reporting.

The IRGC also said it had warned 18 American tech companies, and earlier statements from the group have referenced additional U.S.-linked targets in the region, though details on those warnings were not specified in the IRNA report. The development comes amid a broader escalation between the U.S. and Iran, with neither side announcing a formal ceasefire.

U.S. stock futures pared gains following the headlines, as traders weighed the geopolitical risk against earlier optimism. In digital asset markets, $BTC and XRP turned cautious, with both assets encountering resistance at key technical levels cited by analysts. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, traded lower on the session alongside broader risk-off sentiment in equities.

Market participants pointed to the strike reports as a fresh reminder of how Middle East tensions can transmit into crypto price action through futures positioning and risk-off flows, even when the underlying claims remain unverified. Traders said they were watching follow-up statements from U.S. officials and Amazon Web Services for confirmation of any operational impact on regional infrastructure.

Amazon Web Services did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the IRGC claim. GasCope will update this story as more information becomes available from official sources or independent verification of the reported damage.