Trump administration pitching US companies to rebuild Gulf infrastructure hit by Iran

Middle East Eye · April 24, 2026 Sanctions

Trump administration pitching US companies to rebuild Gulf infrastructure hit by Iran The Trump administration has told several Gulf states that they should use American companies to rebuild their infrastructure damaged by Iran's retaliatory strikes amid the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, US and Arab officials familiar with the discussions told Middle East Eye. Kuwait , Bahrain and the UAE are among the countries the US has tapped as potential customers for US engineering, manufacturing and construction firms, given the extent of damage in their countries, the officials told MEE. Saudi Arabia and Oman have been less impacted by Iranian air strikes.

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