IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1737

S E C R E T ABU DHABI 000333 SIPDIS SIPDIS ISN/RA, IO, AND NEA/ARP, NEA/IR, NEA/I E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2017 TAGS: KNNP IR AE SUBJECT: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1737 - UAE RESPONSE REF: A. STATE 23001 ¶B. ABU DHABI 302 Classified By: DCM MARTIN QUINN, REASONS 1.4 B & D. ¶1. (C) On February 25, DCM raised reftel points on Iran,s noncompliance with UNSCR 1737 with MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan, who gave strong assurances that the UAE Government is "all the way with you on this." Al Haidan said the UAE has repeatedly talked to the Iranians, but characterized their whole response as "illogical." He commented that in his view, given the high stakes in the matter, there should be no other course for Iran than cooperation with the international community. Previously, Al Haidan had told the Ambassador that the head of the UAE,s non-proliferation and commodity control committees, BG Mohammed Al Qamzi, had chaired a UNSCR 1737 meeting on February 18 at the MFA (Ref B). UAE MFA Official,s advice on dealing with Iran in Iraq ¶2. (S) Later the same day, at Kuwait National Day reception, Al Haidan (UAE senior diplomat with service in Iran and Syria) pulled DCM aside to talk more passionately about Iran. He declared: &We want you to succeed,8 and urged the US to attempt to infiltrate Arab Shiites into the Iranian ranks in Iraq. He expressed profound distrust for the Maliki government and suggested that elements of the Iraqi security forces are tipping off insurgents about American moves in advance. Referring scornfully to a remark allegedly attributed to Maliki that he had done enough for his country by hanging Saddam Hussein, Al Haidan commented that Iraq desperately needs a strong leader like Iyad Allawi. He said it was a good thing for the US to keep Iran off balance by from time to time seizing their operatives in Iraq. SISON