TAGS PREL, MARR, MOPS, AE SUBJECT: UAE – SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CJCS CLASSIFIED BY: Richard Olson, Ambasador; REASON: 1.4(A), (B), (C), (D) Summary Admiral Mike Mullen, head of the US joint chiefs of staff, briefed on visit to “one of our closest partners in the Middle East and one of our most useful friends [...]
TAGS PREL, PARM, MNUC, MASS, IR, TU SUBJECT: U/S BURNS’ FEBRUARY 18 MEETINGS WITH U/S SINIRLIOGLU Classified By: AMB James F. Jeffrey, for reasons 1.4 (b,d) Summary In a tense conversation, a senior US envoy presses Turkish officials to support US-led action to convince the Iranian government that it is on the wrong course. The [...]
TAGS PINR, PTER, PINS, UK, IR SUBJECT: [SOURCE REMOVED] TARGETED BY IRANIAN REGIME Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Greg Berry, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). Summary Ali Reza Nourizadeh, a prominent opponent of Iran’s leadership and a regular commentator on Voice of America, is pursued by Mohammad Reza Sadeqinia – suspected of being a fixer [...]
TAGS CASC, PGOV, PHUM, PINS, PREL, SCUL, SNAR, SOCI, IR, TU, IQ SUBJECT: ELDERLY AMERICAN SMUGGLED OUT OF IRAN Classified By: DCM;DOUG SILLIMAN FOR REASONS 1.4(B,D) Summary Refused permission to return home to the US after visiting relatives in Tehran, Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi, aged 75, undertook a daring secret trek over the mountains to Turkey [...]
(C) KEY POINTS ————– – The Amir of Qatar urged the U.S. in his February 14 meeting with Senator John Kerry (D-MA) to do everything in its power to find a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Amir said the best way to begin is by moving first on the Syrian track. – In [...]
Sunday 28 November 2010 18.13 GMT Monday, 10 April 2006, 14:23 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 04 ABU DHABI 001401 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/FO, NEA/ARP, INR/NESA, AND S/CT – H. CRUMPTON NSC FOR FRAN TOWNSEND, JUAN ZARATE, MIKE TAYLOR, NICOLE SHAMPAINE, NIK RAMCHAND, ELLIOTT ABRAMS EO 12958 DECL: 04/09/2016 TAGS PTER, [...]
TAGS PREL, PGOV, ETTC, UNSC, IR, AE SUBJECT: CODEL LOWEY WITH UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAN CLASSIFIED BY: Richard Olson, Ambassador; REASON: 1.4(B), (D) Summary UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) warns a US congressional delegation that the nuclear issue is only one aspect of the Iran problem. Iran’s regional meddling [...]
Sunday 28 November 2010 18.15 GMT Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 12:20 S E C R E T TEL AVIV 001060 SIPDIS TAGS PREL, MPOS, KNNP, IR, IS SUBJECT: REP. WEXLER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH IDF INTELLIGENCE CHIEF YADLIN Classified By: DCM Luis G, Moreno, Reason 1.4 (b) (d) Summary Israel’s military intelligence chief, Major General Amos [...]
Sunday 28 November 2010 18.13 GMT Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 15:50 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 RIYADH 000181 SIPDIS TAGS PARM, PREL, MARR, MNUC, IR, SA, RU SUBJECT: SAUDI EXCHANGE WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON IRAN ‘S NUCLEAR PLANS Classified By: P/M COUNSELOR SCOTT MCGEHEE REASONS 1.4 (b) (d). Summary Countries [...]
Sunday 28 November 2010 18.13 GMT Sunday, 20 April 2008, 08:47 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 03 RIYADH 000649 SIPDIS WHITE HOUSE FOR OVP, DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP AND S/I SATTERFIELD TAGS EAID, ECON, EFIN, IZ, PGOV, PREL, MOPS, SA, IR SUBJECT: SAUDI KING ABDULLAH AND SENIOR PRINCES ON SAUDI Classified By: [...]