Bushehr as a catastrophic risk to the Gulf, and a target

Middle East

Called 30 March 2026 · Confirmed 5 April 2026

Called six days ahead

The call, as published

“Building a nuclear plant in the area was pure madness.”

The Washington Times, 30 March 2026 ↗

What happened

From 5 April 2026 Rosatom started pulling more than 200 staff out of Bushehr as conditions around the reactor worsened. The plant had been struck several times.

Reuters ↗

What it meant for a business

Companies with people in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar or the UAE learned that a leak at Bushehr would reach them before most of Iran, and would reach the seawater their drinking water comes from.

Olivier Guitta also lists this call on his personal site, olivierguitta.com ↗

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