Is World War 3 Starting? 'Living Nostradamus' Predicts Terrifying 'Invisible War' and Infrastructure Collapse

Brazilian psychic Athos Salomé, widely nicknamed the 'Living Nostradamus,' has claimed that the unfolding confrontation involving the US, Israel and Iran is the prelude to an 'invisible war' that could reshape global infrastructure and energy flows, raising fresh questions about how a future world war 3 might actually be fought.

Salomé has built a sizeable online following by insisting he foresaw several major events, including the Covid pandemic and the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Now 39, the parapsychologist has been talking up 2026 as a year of major global upheaval.

In that time frame, he says, the Middle East will sit at the centre of a conflict defined less by tanks and missiles than by electromagnetic pulses, cyberattacks and the deliberate strangling of energy exports.

'Living Nostradamus' Links Iran Escalation To World War 3 Fears

In his latest comments, given to the Daily Star, the so‑called Living Nostradamus says he had already predicted 'that Israel would launch a direct offensive against Iran by the second quarter of 2026.' Citing 'the most recent events (February 28) and those unfolding today,' he argues that this vision is now 'materialising.'

He presents this not as a single airstrike or a limited exchange, but as the opening of a much darker chapter. 'Although the first strike occurred as scheduled, there is still much that may unfold against Iran,' he warns. Tehran's response and activity by 'allied cells in the region,' he suggests, could drag the confrontation into 'a war of attrition never before seen.'

In Salomé's telling, this is where the shape of a potential world war 3 begins to look very different from the 20th‑century template. He has 'for a long time' warned of an 'invisible war' and the 'collapse' of critical infrastructure via electromagnetic pulses and waves of state‑sponsored hacking.

In other words, the real battlefield would be buried in power grids, satellites, financial networks and oil export terminals rather than on open ground.

Nostradamus Successor Sees 'Technological Occupation' Of Iran

Pressed on whether the Iran confrontation might burn out quickly, Salomé is dismissive. The war, he argues, is 'not ending' so much as 'evolving into a form of technological occupation.'

He insists that the United States 'does not intend to invade Iran militarily.' Instead, he sketches a strategy aimed at disabling 'Iran's ability to export energy, ensuring that discounted Iranian oil never again reaches China.' In his view, airstrikes and covert operations are not about regime change in Tehran, but about cutting Beijing off from cheap fuel.

He describes Iran as 'the immediate target' on what he calls the 'geopolitical chessboard of 2026.' In that imagined layout, the US is said to be moving against 'the three pillars supporting China's energy supply — Iran (The Immediate Target), Venezuela (The Captured Piece), and Russia (The Truce Factor).'

By undermining those three, Salomé claims, Washington would be able to choke off the 'discounted oil that once fuelled Beijing's refineries.'

World War 3 Anxiety Meets Old‑Fashioned Conspiracy

Salomé's framing of an impending world war 3 meshes neatly with existing conspiracy theories about American power.

He even nods to one of the more familiar talking points, saying that while his own scenario focuses on energy leverage, 'many have argued' that Washington has been dragged deeper into confrontation with Iran by pressure from an 'Israel Lobby.'

What is striking, though, is how comfortable Salomé appears with his growing reputation. Alongside the 'Living Nostradamus' label, he is now also regularly described as the 'Modern Day Nostradamus,' as if the branding were part of the prediction itself.

His own assessment is that his 'theories and prophecies are assuming an alarmingly tangible form.'

Until events catch up with his bolder claims; or fail to, all talk of world war 3 and grand Nostradamus‑style foresight remains just that; talk, not proof.