(S/NF) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON MADRID'S

C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 120010 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/20/2034 TAGS: PINR PREL SP SUBJECT: (S/NF) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON MADRID'S POLICY TOWARDS TEHRAN (C-RE9-02335) REF: A. MADRID 001006 ¶B. MADRID 000836 Classified By: ELISSA G. PITTERLE, DIRECTOR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C). ¶1. (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S INSIGHTFUL REPORTING ON MADRID'S POLICY TOWARD TEHRAN. WE READ REF A WITH GREAT INTEREST AND FOUND THE REPORTING INVALUABLE TOWARD UNDERSTANDING SPAIN'S CURRENT POSITION ON ADDITIONAL IRAN SANCTIONS. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON MADRID'S POLICY TOWARD TEHRAN, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. ¶A. (C) IS FOREIGN MINISTER MORATINOS SETTING SPAIN'S POLICY ON IRAN ALONE, OR IN CONSULTATION WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO'S OFFICE? ¶B. (C) ARE THERE ANY SIGNS OF DIVISION BETWEEN THE WORKING LEVEL CONTACTS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON SPAIN'S POLICY ON IRAN? ¶C. (C) WHAT INDICATIONS, IF ANY, ARE THERE THAT FOREIGN MINISTER MORATINOS MIGHT TAKE A DIFFERENT STANCE TOWARDS IRAN IF DIRECTED BY PRESIDENT ZAPATERO OR SECRETARY GENERAL LEON? ¶D. (C) HOW MUCH INFLUENCE, IF ANY, DO THE MFA, THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, AND THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY HAVE IN THE FORMULATION OF SPAIN'S POLICY ON IRAN? ¶E. (C) WHO, IF ANYONE, AT THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, AND THE CENTRAL BANK, IS INFLUENCING PRESIDENT ZAPATERO OR FOREIGN MINISTER MORATINOS REGARDING POLICIES TOWARD IRAN? ¶2. (U) PLEASE CITE C-RE9-02335 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF REPORTING IN RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS. CLINTON