Climate Politics
Iran’s Nuclear Program Hits New Snag on Climate Challenge
- Rising Gulf water temperatures cut power output, official says
- World powers are negotiating curbs on Iran’s nuclear activity
The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.
Photographer: Majid Asgaripour/AP Photo
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Unprecedented high seawater temperatures are limiting Iran’s nuclear-power production, as the warming climate creates new challenges for the country’s atomic program that’s also at the center of tense negotiations with world powers.