15.06.2025 - 19:37 [ Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ]

A nuclear consortium in the Persian Gulf as a basis for a new nuclear deal between the United States and Iran

(June 2, 2025)

Concerns about uranium-enrichment and related potential nuclear-weapons ambitions of both Iran and Saudi Arabia could be dealt with by a regional nuclear consortium within which enrichment-related activities would be spread across and shared among states, rather than be national nuclear programs.

We sketch here a possible regional multinational nuclear consortium whose initial core partners are Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.