KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003762 SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARPI E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/01/2014 TAGS: PREL KU IZ IR SUBJECT: KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM: PUT THIS FIRE OUT PEACEFULLY REF: KUWAIT 3726 Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) During their November 2 meeting, MFA U/S Ambassador Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a brief readout of Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi's October 25 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. The Undersecretary said Kharazi had spoken at length about Iran's nuclear program. Kharazi told the PM that Iran used to cooperate with the international community, but was not doing so now because "the U.S. has their own agenda." The PM responded by stressing that Kuwait did not agree with Iranian refusals to accept international inspectors. He urged Iran to open up its nuclear program to inspections in order to avoid "another Iraq." "We are very worried about your nuclear program and want you to cooperate and put out this fire peacefully," the PM said. Jarallah said the GOK contacted other GCC states immediately after the meeting and urged them to deliver the same message to the touring Iranian FM. ¶2. (C) Turning to the Iranian internal situation, the U/S told the Ambassador it was not as stable as Iran tried to make it appear to the rest of the world. He said official GOK visitors had returned from Iran astounded at the behavioral changes they were witnessing in Iran's population. "They're fed up with the situation," he said, adding that he believed change in the failry near-term was inevitable there. LeBaron