Satellite imagery shows damage to two Amazon.com Inc. data centers in Bahrain, supporting Iran’s claims last week that it struck the sites with missiles. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, through state-backed news agency Tasnim, released high-resolution satellite images showing significant damage to two data centers in the towns of Zallaq and Askar, alleging that they were targeted because of Amazon’s support for US military operations. Independent, lower-resolution images from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite constellation reviewed by Bloomberg News show damage at both facilities. “Analysis of Sentinel-2 images shows evidence of damage to both facilities, but does not provide insight into the extent of the damage,” said Bloomberg Economics senior geoeconomics analyst Adam Farrar, who has a background in geospatial intelligence. “The apparent timing of the strikes and the locations of the damaged areas are consistent with” images shared via Iranian news agencies.

Full report : ESA satellite images show damage to two Amazon data centers in Bahrain, supporting Iran’s claims last week that it struck the sites; Amazon declined to comment.