# Iran’s Security Chief Threatens U.S. Assets, Cables and AI Sites if War Restarts

*Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-10-11T18:06:34.923Z (2h ago)
**Category**: geopolitics | **Region**: Middle East
**Importance**: 8/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Iran’s top security official warns that a renewed war would bring attacks on undersea cables, data centers, artificial intelligence facilities and U.S. assets in the UAE and around the Strait of Hormuz, expanding Tehran’s deterrence message beyond ships and bases to the region’s digital backbone.

Iran is putting new types of infrastructure on notice as potential wartime targets. Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has warned that if war breaks out again, many communication cables, data centers, artificial intelligence facilities and other sites in the region will be destroyed.

Rezaei said the United States has very valuable assets in the United Arab Emirates and near the Strait of Hormuz. He indicated that Iran has not yet added those assets to its target list but would do so if a new conflict erupts.

Undersea communication cables carry the bulk of global internet and financial traffic. Data centers and AI facilities support cloud services, trading platforms and government systems across the Gulf. By naming them, Rezaei is signaling that Iran’s response options in a future confrontation go beyond strikes on conventional military bases or oil terminals.

His comments align with a harsher tone from Iran’s forces at sea. The IRGC Navy has said that all ships in the Strait of Hormuz area that turn off their navigation and identification systems will be identified as hostile and dealt with severely and decisively. The same force has reported that a second supertanker struck a naval mine in the strait, causing an explosion and fire in the engine room.

Those statements link physical and digital vulnerabilities around one of the world’s most important energy corridors. U.S. logistics hubs and pre‑positioned equipment in the UAE support American military operations in the region. Cable landing points, data centers and AI facilities in and around the Gulf support both local economies and international firms.

For Washington and Gulf governments, the message is that a new clash with Iran could rapidly touch assets that are difficult to protect fully and whose loss would have broad knock‑on effects. For companies operating data infrastructure and AI clusters in the region, the remarks turn a general sense of geopolitical risk into an explicit warning.

Indicators that these threats are being taken seriously will include any observable changes in security at cable landing sites, public steps to harden data centers and AI facilities in the UAE, and adjustments in the posture of U.S. forces around the Strait of Hormuz. Shifts in insurance terms for regional data and cable projects would provide another signal of how markets are pricing in the risk Rezaei has described.