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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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01ANKARA6815IRANIAN VIEWS ON U.S. AND LIFE IN TEHRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCONS STUART JONES FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. AN IRANIAN VISA APPLICANT CLAIMED THAT RELIGIOUS VIGILANTES KIDNAPPED HIM AND BEAT HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THEY CAUGHT HIM AT ONE OF TEHRAN'S CANDLELIGHT VIGILS FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. ANO [...]
2001-10-26 10:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL TU IR
01BEIRUT1018KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...]
2001-04-26 16:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE
01VATICAN1390FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) CHARGE CALLED ON VATICAN DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS MONS. GIANNI D'ANIELLO ON MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN'S MARCH 3-8 TRIP TO IRAN. D'ANIELLO, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE FOREIGN MINISTER, [...]
2001-03-12 17:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF IT IS SY VT
02ROME1233MINISTER MARZANO VISITS IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR SEMBLER ENGAGED THE MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES ON IRAN, UNDERSCORING OUR CONCERNS WITH IRANIAN BEHAVIOR. MARZANO'S RELATIVE UNFAMILIARITY WITH OUR OBJECTIONS OR WITH THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE OFFICIAL AND SHADOW GOVERNMENTS IN CONTROLLING IRAN SHOWS THE NECESSI [...]
2002-03-08 16:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IT
03ABUDHABI2602 UAEG DISAPPOINTED WITH OIC MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) During the course of a 5/31 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics covered septel),MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid noted UAE disappointment with the statement produced at last week's OIC meeting in Tehran. [...]
2003-06-02 11:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2861 SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Secretary Bolton: Your visit to the UAE will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss our concerns about Iran with the UAEG. We have secured a meeting with de facto Foreign Minister, Shaykh Hamdan bin Z [...]
2003-06-14 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM ETTC IR TC
03ABUDHABI2988U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN AND IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT WITH MFA MINSTATE HAMDAN BIN ZAYID
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: Conveying a message from President Bush, U/S Bolton laid out USG concerns on the nuclear weapons programs of both North Korea and Iran in a June 18 meeting with MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid. In t [...]
2003-06-23 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM ETTC IR NK TC
03ABUDHABI310 SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS 1/21-22
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE. Your schedule is taking shape, with meetings requested with President Zayid Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan and Chi [...]
2003-01-20 15:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PTER IR IZ TC
03AMMAN2505IRANIAN DEPUTY FONMIN IN AMMAN TALKS IRAQ, PEACE
[...] (SBU) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Sayed Mohammed Sadr, visited Amman April 23. He met with King Abdullah -- for whom he carried a message from President Khatami -- and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The official press releases following the meetings (ref [...]
2003-04-28 15:02:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IR JO
03AMMAN5569SOLANA IN AMMAN: DOWNBEAT ON ROADMAP, IRAN
[...] (S) EU Foreign Policy Chief Xavier Solana briefed EU ambassadors in Amman September 1 on his recent swing through the Middle East and Iran. On the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Solana expressed extreme frustration that Palestinian infighting and Israeli intransigence would scuttle the [...]
2003-09-02 16:56:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO
03AMMAN5901KING ABDULLAH VISITS IRAN
[...] (U) King Abdullah visited Tehran September 2-3 in what President Khatami termed &a significant turning point in relations.8 Local and regional media sources referred to the visit as &landmark8 and &a new chapter in bilateral relations.8 Accompanied by Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and several [...]
2003-09-14 11:18:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IR JO
03ANKARA4131ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-27 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA6208PRESIDENT SEZER'S SPEECH AT OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
[...] () Summary: In reiterating his opposition to Turkish troops for Iraq and in displaying a partisan preference for left-of-center opposition CHP over the AK government, President Sezer demonstrated again that he is part of the problem, not the solution. End summary. 2. (C) Admonishing Turk [...]
2003-10-02 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA6334FOREIGN TRADE U/S ON IRAQ/IRAN
[...] (C) Foreign Trade U/S Tuncer Kayalar told us October 6 that, during his recent visit to Teheran, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen had warned Iranian President Khatami not to "play games" on nuclear issues and to avoid supporting terrorists. Khatami responded, per Kayalar, that Iran would meet its [...]
2003-10-08 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL TU IZ IR
03KUWAIT1848(S/NF) IRANIAN PROTEST PLANNERS MEET WITH
[...] (S/NF) Poloff spoke with Washington-based American-Iranian activist Mark Namdar (strictly protect) on May 3, 2003. Mr. Namdar serves as an unofficial spokesman and intermediary for U.S.-based Iranian student movement leader and political asylee Reza Mohajeri-Nejad. Mr. Namdar claims that th [...]
2003-05-05 13:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR
03KUWAIT4078(U) IRANIAN FM VISITS KUWAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met with PM Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, during a one-day visit to Kuwait on September 1. According to MFA, the visit was previously planned and not prompted by Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Saba [...]
2003-09-04 18:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET KU IR IZ KNPT IAEA
03OTTAWA2109CANADA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM IRAN OVER
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Graham announced on July 23 that Canada is recalling its Ambassador to Iran after Iran proceeded to bury photojournalist Zahra Kazemi rather than return her body to Canada. Kazemi's son in Montreal had called for the body to be returned to Canada, and Graham said that Kaz [...]
2003-07-23 20:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR CA
03ROME4187BERLUSCONI AND PUTIN DISCUSS IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) GUIDANCE REQUEST. SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING THEIR AUGUST 29-31 MEETING IN SARDINIA, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN TOLD PM BERLUSCONI THAT RUSSIA IS INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, PUTIN SAID THAT HE WAS DETE [...]
2003-09-12 17:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT IR RS EUN IAEA
03ROME4585U/S BOLTON AND SPANISH FM PALACIO DISCUSS ARTICLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON MET SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER ANA PALACIO IN ROME ON OCTOBER 3 TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON SIGNING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS AND SPAIN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS. FM PALACIO AGREED TO REVIEW NEW ARTICLE 98 LANGUAGE THAT MAY SATISFY EU CONCERNS ABOUT SCOPE [...]
2003-10-07 12:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IR SP IAEA KICC
03ROME4637U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98, PSI, IRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/S Bolton discussed Article 98, PSI, North Korea and Iran with senior Italian officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President's office and Prime Minister Berlusconi's office during meetings on October 2 in Rome. The Italians agreed to review language recently negoti [...]
2003-10-09 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS MNUC KN IR IT KICC
03ROME854IRAQ: IRAN WOULD ACCEPT UN-SANCTIONED WAR IN IRAQ,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IRAN WOULD NOT OBJECT TO MILITARY ACTION TO DEPOSE SADDAM -- PROVIDED IT IS UN-SANCTIONED, IRANIAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00854 281620Z PRESIDENT KHATAMI HAS TOLD PM BERLUSCONI. KHATAMI'S VIEWS WERE DELIVERED TO BERLUSCONI BY HIS BROTHER, PAR [...]
2003-02-28 15:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03SANAA1117SALIH EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR RIYADH BOMBINGS
[...] (C) On May 14, Deputy FM al-Radi called in the DCM to deliver a condolence letter from ROYG President Salih to President Bush for the 5/13 Riyadh bombings. The letter expresses condolences for the American victims' families, condemnation of the terror acts, and Yemen's commitment to the war o [...]
2003-05-15 14:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YE
03SANAA1190IRAN'S PRESIDENT KHATAMI VISITS YEMEN: NO
[...] C) Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's May 15/18 visit to Yemen was low-key, almost pro forma, with little public exposure and no overtures to Yemen's large Shi'a community. Although six cooperative agreements were signed, in areas from security to shipping, the accords broke little new groun [...]
2003-05-28 15:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETRD KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR IR YE
03SANAA2979YEMEN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Embassy Sana'a responses to instructions for the "Patterns on Global Terrorism" report are keyed to lettered paragraphs in State 301352. 2. Post responses: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]
2003-12-21 07:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03VATICAN806POPE AND BLAIR AGREE ON CENTRALITY OF UN ROLE,
[...] (C) DURING A FEBRUARY 22 PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE AND SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE SODANO, UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR OUTLINED TO THE HOLY SEE HIS VIEWS ON THE NEED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO DISARM SADDAM HUSSEIN. THE POPE AND HIS SENIOR ADVISORS REPORTEDLY C [...]
2003-02-26 15:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL UK VT VTPREL
04ABUDHABI3783HBZ AND MBZ DISCUSS IRAQ, IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Septel covers the trade and investment aspects of USTR Zoellick's October 13 visit to the UAE. During their meetings, UAEG leaders also discussed the political/security challenges facing the region. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed stressed his concerns about Iraqi instability and the th [...]
2004-10-24 08:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC
04ANKARA118ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-08 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2894ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-24 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4233ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-29 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4267ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-30 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4421TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. The visit failed to produce an agreement on an expanded project to transship Iranian natural gas: the Turks sought a price reduction on their 1996 gas deal wi [...]
2004-08-06 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA5395ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-22 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5535ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-27 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5719TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...]
2004-10-05 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT TU GA
04ANKARA5845IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN IRAQ: TURKS SAY IRAQI
[...] (S) DCM called on MFA Director General for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu Oct. 13 to deliver reftel demarche. DCM emphasized that Turkey--as a neighbor to both countries and as Chairman-in-Office of the OIC--was in a key position to deliver a meaningful message to Iran on its interference in Ir [...]
2004-10-15 08:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL IZ IR TU
04ANKARA6207SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...]
2004-11-02 15:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EU TU
04ANKARA7ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-02 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA948ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-18 16:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04BAGHDAD697LOCAL OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON AL-SADR'S FUTURE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Najaf's Governor, the Provincial Council Chair and the Governor's aide all believe Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's intervention in the Najaf crisis has left al- Sadr significantly weakened politically. They further feel that the agreement al-Sadr signed has strengthened the Iraqi Go [...]
2004-08-27 16:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS PINS IZ
04CARACAS3826CHAVEZ'S ANTI-IMPERIALIST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
[...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Spain, Libya, Russia, Iran, and Qatar during November 23-30 as part of what GOV officials called an "international offensive" to promote the new phase of the Bolivarian Revolution. In Spain, Chavez capitalized on Foreign Minister Moratino's assertion that the [...]
2004-12-10 21:13:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON VE SP RS IR QA
04DJIBOUTI21SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT AMEMBASSY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-06 11:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDDJ ECON EFIN KPAO PREL
04DJIBOUTI23SUMMARY OF DECEMBER ACTIVITIES AT U.S.
[...] (U) A review of items of interest in Djibouti for the month of December follows. DJIBOUTI-SOMALIA RELATIONS -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary for Bilateral Relations Miriam Goumaneh updated visiting AF/E Deputy Director Phil Carter and Political Of [...]
2004-01-07 07:17:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN KPAO DJ
04KUWAIT3546SHIITE LEADER SAYS GOK FEARS ISLAMISTS, URGES U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with Poloff, Shiite religious cleric Sayed Mohammed Bakr al-Mohri, an outspoken advocate for Kuwait's Shia population and a vocal critic of the GOK, lamented that although Kuwait's Shia had recently made great gains, the GOK was "fearful" of conservative Sunni [...]
2004-10-13 14:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KU IZ IR
04KUWAIT4369SECURITY ADVISOR PROMISES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 15 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed the GOK will provide financial assistance and political support to the Palestinian Authority. The GOK looks forward to PA e [...]
2004-12-15 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ NATO
04KUWAIT4370NEA DAS DIBBLE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. NEA DAS Philo Dibble and DCM met with MFA Americas Division Chief Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain on December 14. Billed as a courtesy call, the meeting covered the U.S-Kuwaiti bilateral relationship and a wide range of regional issues. On terrorism, Al-Babtain said the [...]
2004-12-18 05:26:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ KU
04ROME2309ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON GAERC AND COUNCIL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials briefed poloffs on positions Italy will take during GAERC and Council meetings during the week of June 14. European Neighborhood Policy debate will continue at both GAERC and Council meetings. The unanimous UNSC approval of the new Iraq resolution has prepared the [...]
2004-06-15 16:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR IT MEPP EUN
04ROME3520ITALY: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary. DCM hosted a lunch in honor of MFA Under Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Alfredo Mantica and SIPDIS his Chief of Staff Paola Imperiale, along with Pol M/C and Poloff, on September 8 . Mantica presented a fairly pessimistic outlook for the situations in Iraq, Iran, and [...]
2004-09-14 10:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR SU IT EUN IAEA
04YEREVAN1523 PRESIDENT OF IRAN TO VISIT ARMENIA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenian President Robert Kocharian announced June 24 that Iranian President (Ali) Mohammad Khatami-Ardakani would visit Armenia this September. According to the announcement, Khatami will be the first Iranian head of s [...]
2004-07-07 12:32:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IR AM
04YEREVAN1940ARMENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- BATTLING GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-02 10:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AM
04YEREVAN2019IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: IRAN TO FINANCE PIPELINE
[...] (SBU) During Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's visit to Yerevan September 8-9, the Armenian and Iranian governments signed a deal to finance the Armenia-Iran gas pipeline as far as Kajaran, 41 kilometers into Armenia. In May the governments had signed an agreement providing for the constru [...]
2004-09-10 13:27:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET AM IR
04YEREVAN2061OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT KHATAMI TO ARMENIA
[...] (C) During Iranian President's Mohammad Khatami's visit to Yerevan, September 8-9, the Armenian and Iranian governments signed seven agreements including the agreements concerning the partial financing and construction of an Armenian-Iranian gas pipeline. The local press and the Armenian Minis [...]
2004-09-17 13:51:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET AM IR
04YEREVAN2113FM TAPS SPECIAL ADVISOR AS NEXT AMBASSADOR TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-24 10:56:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPREL PGOV IR AM
05ABUJA70IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI PASSES UP U.S.-
[...] Summary. On a state visit to Nigeria, Iranian President Khatami passed up an opportunity to bash the U.S. in public remarks. Instead, in responding to a journalist's leading question during his press conference with Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Khatami condemned Saddam Hussein and the Taliba [...]
2005-01-18 09:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IR NI
05ALGIERS692BOUTEFLIKA URGES IRANIAN COOPERATION ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Ambassador took advantage of April 5 meeting on other issues with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir to inquire about the April 2-4 visit to Algeria of Iranian Defense Minister Shamkhani. Belkheir said the visit was part of a programmed exchange of bilateral visits, reciprocated the v [...]
2005-04-06 15:34:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AG IR IAEA
05AMMAN8527MEDIA REACTION ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 06:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
05ANKARA1447ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 07:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3892CHARGE D'AFFAIRES UNDERSCORES USG PRIORITIES WITH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Turkey's NSC Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) SIPDIS urged Turkey to get in lockstep with the US on Syria and Iran, noted continuing USG efforts to recognize northern Cyprus' April 2004 vote in support of the Annan Plan and [...]
2005-07-07 05:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL IZ SY IR TU
05ANKARA4555ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA809ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-11 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05BAGHDAD2805TNA MEMBER QASIM DAOUD ON CONSTITUTION, SISTANI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Shia political figure, parliamentarian and Assembly constitutional committee member Qasim Daoud said 30 June the committee has been reluctant to confront sensitive issues such as Kirkuk, federalism, and Arab identity. Daoud supported the TAL language for Arab identity [...]
2005-07-03 07:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM EPET IZ
05BAGHDAD2825SCIRI LEADER HAKIM OFFERS CHARGE ASSURANCES OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the strongest Shia Islamist party, SCIRI's Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, promised rapid progress on Sunni inclusion and offered a moderate vision on an array of constitutional issues in a July 3 meeting with the Charge. Hakim and Constitution Committee Chairman Humam al-Hamu [...]
2005-07-05 06:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ IR
05BAGHDAD2933IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER'S IRAN VISIT: AN OLIVE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi Defense Minister Al-Dulaimi confirmed to Charge on July 10 that he had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran during his official visit to Tehran on July 5. Al-Dulaimi told Charge that his discussions with Iran centered on the need for Iran to monitor its [...]
2005-07-12 20:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD2959IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE AGREES TO UNDERTAKE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In order to support upcoming military operations in western Iraq, Minister of Defense Dulaymi agreed to help obtain consent and cooperation from local tribes in the region, especially ar-Ramadi. He will prepare a meeting in ar-Ramadi, with MNF-I Commander George Casey accompanyi [...]
2005-07-16 08:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PBTS PGOV PINS MOPS MARR IZ SY IR
05BAGHDAD2994DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 12, 2005 MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 12 lunch meeting, President Jalal Talabani was optimistic that the Sunni Arabs in the constitution drafting committee will reach consensus with other committee members. He predicted the next elections will use provincial electoral districts rather than a single natio [...]
2005-07-19 12:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3001NAVIGATING THE RIFT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN -
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. During a routine office call, National Security Advisor Mouwaffak Al-Rubaie discussed the development of a strategic security alliance with Iran to assist Iraq in combating the Sunni insurgency. Rubaie stated that while more right- wing elements of the United Iraqi Alliance (U [...]
2005-07-19 16:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05CARACAS847CHAVEZ GOES INTERNATIONAL AGAIN
[...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Uruguay, India, Qatar, and France March 1-9 establishing Ministerial-level commissions and pushing for energy and commercial cooperation. In Uruguay, he pushed regional integration. While in India, he espoused a "new socialism" and supported his idea of a "mu [...]
2005-03-21 20:08:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON ENRG VE
05DUBAI1753RAFSANJANI VERSUS QALIBAF?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With 58 days left before the June 17 Iranian Presidential election and 21 days until the start of candidate registration on May 10, there are 19 Iranian men (and no women) cited in Iranian press as possible Presidential candidates. Former President and current Expediency Council Ch [...]
2005-04-19 13:46:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PGOV
05DUBAI271IRAN'S MAJLIS VOTES TO FREEZE KEY PRICES
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Protect Accordingly 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 11 the Iranian Majlis passed a bill fixing the price of gasoline and other key goods and services at September 2004 levels for the upcoming Iranian year 1384 (i.e. March 21, 2005 - March 20, 2006). The bill's [...]
2005-01-18 13:34:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IR ECON
05DUBAI4706FORMER IRANIAN MP: REFORMERS TRYING TO REGROUP
[...] (S) Summary: Iranian reform leader and former member of parliament Fatemeh Haghighatjoo (please protect) believes that international pressure on Iran, but not war, will produce positive results on both the nuclear and the human rights fronts. She admits the reform movement is in disarray and t [...]
2005-09-25 13:47:00Consulate DubaiSECRETIR PINR PGOV PHUM PREL KNNP
05DUBAI4824ONE IRAN EXPERT'S VIEW OF PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD
[...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX, an Iranian XXXXXXXXXXXX well known in Iran watcher circles, offered to PolEconChief his views on his "childhood friend," President Ahmadinejad. He asserted that Ahmadinejad had no role in the 1979 hostage crisis. He had opposed Ahmadinejad's candidacy due to his lack [...]
2005-10-03 13:12:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KNNP IR
05DUBAI6335RAK CROWN PRINCE COMMENTS ON IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CG, Ras Al-Khaimah Crown Prince Saud Al Qassimi offered his views of Iran's new president, views including elements of both scorn and admiration. Saud sees Ahmadinejad's recent anti-Israel comments as an effort to build his own street credibility at [...]
2005-12-21 13:45:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL TC IR IS PGOV
05KUWAIT1777FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...]
2005-05-01 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT2548IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...]
2005-06-08 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT2587PM SENIOR ADVISOR SAYS IRAQ TOP PRIORITY,
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 meeting which focused largely on Kuwait's relations with regional neighbors, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Mohammed Abulhassan told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah, who left June 11 for Riyadh, was attempting to break stalemates between Gulf [...]
2005-06-12 07:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IR IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS IRAQ
05KUWAIT4449FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] Summary: (C) During an October 15 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah spoke about Iranian unity regarding the development of their nuclear program but division regarding the country's public handling of the situation. He reported that the Iranian chie [...]
2005-10-17 08:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT5137SHI'A CLERIC FINDS NO LOVE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) In a December 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Emboffs he met "no one who was happy" with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government during his early-December trip to Iran. Al-Mohri said he met with the head of the Higher Judiciary Council, a former Minis [...]
2005-12-14 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05MADRID3492SPAIN: U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Madrid on 9/27 and met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and Director General for Political Affairs Rafael Dezcallar for wide-ranging discussions on democracy promotion, potential areas for colla [...]
2005-10-04 14:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
05MANAMA974BAHRAIN/IRAN TONE DOWN RHETORIC
[...] (SBU) Bahrain's King Hamad telephoned Iranian President Khatami July 8 to thank him for his statement that Iran was not threatening any Gulf states following the publication of a cartoon in a Bahrain newspaper June 30 that was deemed insulting to Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei (reftel). The phone [...]
2005-07-10 11:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA IR
05MINSK1324Belarus Cozies Up to Iran
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Belarus and Iran have greatly increased their contacts and friendly rhetoric, including an invitation for Belarusians to work on the Iranian nuclear program and improve trade ties. Belarusian factories are being founded in Iran, and Iranian businessmen are sear [...]
2005-10-31 08:45:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD BO IR
05MINSK826EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 20, 2005
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Students to Serve State On July 19, the Gomel Regional Soviet adopted a 2005- 2007 program to engage youths in ideology, [...]
2005-07-26 08:17:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MUSCAT1304SULTAN SENDS ENVOY TO NEW IRANIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) On August 20, former Information Minister and the Sultan's longtime special interlocutor on Iran issues, Abdulaziz al-Rawas, paid an introductory call in Tehran on new Iranian President Ahmadinejad, delivering a personal letter from Sultan Qaboos. According to local press reports, prior [...]
2005-08-24 14:39:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
05MUSCAT2OMAN FM ON IRAN, IRAQ, GCC AND PALESTINE
[...] (C) FM Yusuf bin Alawi shared his views with the Ambassador on Iran's relations with the region, noting his interest in visiting Tehran but ruling out a state visit by the Sultan. He is optimistic that Qatar will take positive action to rein in abuses by the Al Jazeera network, and is likewis [...]
2005-01-01 03:59:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS ETRD XF MU
05MUSCAT252SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (U) Greetings and welcome from Team Muscat. We are confident you will gain a great deal from your participation in the upcoming MEAS IV Conference, and are proud that the Sultanate of Oman is hosting this year's event with excellent assistance and cooperation from CENTAF. In addition to the [...]
2005-02-14 08:00:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL PGOV OTRA MU
05MUSCAT547GEN ABIZAID'S 3/29 MEETING WITH SULTAN QABOOS
[...] (C) In a March 29 visit by USCENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid, Sultan Qaboos credited Saudi Arabia for tactical successes against terrorism but worried whether the Al Saud yet have a longer term strategy. He sees Iraq still at a crossroads, expressing concern over the country's territorial integrity, [...]
2005-04-04 08:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS PINR PGOV KDEM ETRD MARR XF IR IZ MU
05MUSCAT6SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S TRANSIT OF OMAN
[...] (C) Team Muscat was delighted to learn of your transit of Oman en route to the tsunami-stricken Asia region. In the event your brief refueling stop in Muscat offers the opportunity for an airport meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi, we offer the following ba [...]
2005-01-02 10:35:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MU
05PARIS1834IRAN HOSTS CONFERENCE MARCH 5-6 TO SHOW ITS
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Policy Planning Philippe Errera (please protect) provided us with a brief readout of Iran's March 5-6 conference entitled "Nuclear Technology and Sustainable Development," sponsored by the Iranian Center for Strategic Research (CSR),the Foreign Ministry, the Atomic [...]
2005-03-18 15:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC IR FR
05PARIS2245MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II UN
[...] TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II 2. UN REPORT: ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TRIBUTE TO JOHN PAUL II CONTINUES TO BE TODAY'S OVERWHELMING FRONT PAGE AND EDITORIAL STORY. SEVERAL REPORTS NOTE THAT THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH WILL ATTEND FRIDAY'S FUNERAL. LE FIGARO TITLES: "THE FIRST [...]
2005-04-05 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2391APRIL 5 KHATAMI VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary: French officials described President Chirac's April 5 discussion with Iranian President Khatami as cordial and focused largely on Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian question, and, to a lesser extent, the nuclear issue, which was the main topic of the FM Barnier-FM Kharrazi discussion [...]
2005-04-08 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SY LE MNUC PARM FR
05PARIS2946GOF AGREES ON NEED SUSTAIN PRESSURE ON SYRIA, WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA and Elysee officials described the GoF as fully agreeing with our message on sustaining pressure on Syria (reftel),except for two points: the timing of Hizballah disarmament, with France favoring a gradual approach, and EU designation of Hizballah, which France continu [...]
2005-04-29 19:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE PTER FR
05PARIS3167MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH TO GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3540MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN: EU-3 TALKS, NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-24 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4327MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAN ELECTIONS 3. EU ISSUES - EU SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE RISING PRICE OF OIL AND THE FAILED EUROPEAN SUMMIT ARE TWO OF TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORIES. FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LE MONDE "THE EU-25 `FREEZE' THE EU CONSTITUTION;" LIBERATION HEADLINE [...]
2005-06-20 12:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Oil For Food Bush
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7491MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 11:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PRAGUE1761CZECH REPUBLIC: CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN-OWNED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian company OMZ, a subsidiary of the state-run firm GAZPROM, purchased the Czech firm, Skoda Nuclear Engineering (Skoda J.S),in April of 2004. OMZ has two wholly owned subsidiaries that manufacture equipment for nuclear plants. One, Izhorskie Zavody of Saint Petersburg [...]
2005-12-23 12:58:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP PARM ETRD EZ
05RABAT2436PALACE ADVISOR AZOULAY DISCUSSES ISRAEL-MOROCCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Andre Azoulay, Royal Advisor to King Mohammed VI and a prominent Jewish Moroccan, on December 2 to discuss Azoulay,s early November visit to Israel, which included meetings with the senior Israeli and Palestinian leaderships and a stop in the Gaza Strip. Azoul [...]
2005-12-06 12:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MO
05RIYADH9342CODEL HAGEL MEETINGS IN KSA FOCUS ON IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) On November 30 and December 1, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) led a delegation including Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) to the first Senate-level visit to Saudi Arabia in over two years. The delegation received a warm welcome in meetings with King Abdullah [...]
2005-12-18 09:17:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALOVIP PINR PREL PTER SA IZ IR
05TELAVIV4097ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Guantanamo Detainees 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with disengagement-related issues. Ha'aretz reported that the army will soon declare the Gaza Strip a closed militar [...]
2005-06-29 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6557A/S LOWENKRON'S CONSULTATIONS AT THE MINISTRY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron discussed a range of democracy and human rights reform issues with senior MFA officials Yoram Ben-Zeev, Aharon Leshno Yaar and Harry Kneiy-Tal. Topics included the November 14 BMENA Forum for the Future meeting in Bahrain, internal develop [...]
2005-11-20 09:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IS IR TU AE GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05VIENNA2994AMBASSADOR BROWN'S MEETING WITH FONMIN PLASSNIK,
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Plassnik in advance of her September 9 meeting with the Secretary in Washington to review topics that are expected to be discussed. These included: -- Hurricane Katrina: The Ambassador thanked the Minister for Austria,s offers of a Di [...]
2005-09-08 09:36:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD CVIS AU
05VIENNA3314COMBATING EXTREMISM: EMBASSY EFFORTS IN AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) The Austrian political leadership is generally satisfied that radicalized Muslims do not pose an imminent threat to security in Austria. Austrian media have shared that confidence and have rarely demanded more be done to root out extremism. Austria counts around 340,000 Musl [...]
2005-10-06 14:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KPAO PHUM PGOV KMPI AU EIAD
05ZAGREB298IRANIAN PRESIDENT TO MAKE LONG-EXPECTED VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is expected to visit Croatia on March 17 as part of a multi-nation tour. He is returning a visit President Stjepan Mesic made to Tehran in 2001 before he leaves office. Mesic,s office and GoC contacts have told Post that the timing [...]
2005-02-25 13:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV XF IR HR
05ZAGREB391KHATAMI VISIT: MESIC HITS KEY NON-PRO AND MIDEAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Mesic made good use of the ill-timed March 7-8 visit of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (ref A) to stress that Croatia shares the international community's key concerns about Iran, including its uranium enrichment program and its support for groups that je [...]
2005-03-11 12:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XF IR HR
06AMMAN568A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] (U) A/S Kristen Silverberg met with King Abdullah on January 18. Jordanian participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fariz, Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, Royal Court advisor Abdullah Woreikat, and Rania Atallah, the King's communications director. The A/S was joined in the mee [...]
2006-01-25 07:46:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG SY IR IZ IS JO
06ANKARA2598TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER BRIEFS CODEL
[...] (C/REL GBR) Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan told CODEL Pence May 8 that SIPDIS he and other leaders delivered a tough message to his Iranian counterpart, Ali Larijani, during his visit to Ankara the same day. Alpogan said he told Larijani that Iran's attemp [...]
2006-05-09 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL UN IR TU
06ANKARA6433ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6493FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI AVOIDS NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami concentrated almost entirely on his dialogue of civilizations project and Turkish-Iranian bilateral relations during his November 13-15 visit to Turkey. Strikingly, Khatami apparently barely addressed the nuclear issue. End Summary. [...]
2006-11-22 16:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IR TU
06ANKARA68ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-05 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06BAGHDAD202AMB AND TALABANI DISCUSS IRAN, DE-BA,ATHIFICATION,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting, Ambassador told President Jalal Talabani that the U.S. would never relent on the war against terror, refuting SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim's public statements accusing the USG of encouraging terrorism with its Sunni Arab outreach program. Ambassador [...]
2006-01-24 17:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER IR IZ
06BAKU1407FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES STRONG U.S.-AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed the strength of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations and the Government of Azerbaijan's steady progress on democratic reform. Mammadyarov praised [...]
2006-09-26 12:15:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1534READOUT ON EU TROIKA VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative Peter Semneby reviewed the EU Troika's October 3 visit to Azerbaijan, in which the Troika announced the completion of negotiations on Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Plan (ENP) Action Plan. During his priva [...]
2006-10-20 12:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS EAID AJ IR AM GG
06BAKU433EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, IRAN, ISLAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Azerbaijan's civil society leaders, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed democratization, Iran, and Islamic extremism. Many civil society leaders noted a disengagement from politics by the population after the November elections failed to meet their high expectations. W [...]
2006-03-22 07:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR KISL AJ IR
06BANGKOK1119THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]
2006-02-24 08:29:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BEIJING7353MIDDLE EAST SCHOLAR DISCUSSES CHINA'S CONCERNS
[...] (C) Beijing believes that military conflict involving Iran would severely threaten China's oil imports from the region, according to prominent Middle East scholar Yin Gang. Chinese Government officials are frustrated with President Ahmadinejad because he fails to accept the possibility of an [...]
2006-04-18 10:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG IR CH
06CARACAS3345THE VENEZUELA-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) In the last two years, Venezuela and Iran have signed at least 61 agreements, respective presidents have visited each other at least four times, and trade between both countries has increased exponentially in percentage terms. However, the number of joint ventures in operation on the g [...]
2006-11-08 12:59:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN VE IR
06CARACAS958EXPLAINING VENEZUELA'S COZINESS WITH IRAN,
[...] (S//NF) Manifest in the public rhetoric of both countries, a shared hatred for the USG is the driving factor in the budding relationship between Iran and Venezuela. The BRV is favoring Iran with petroleum deals and other contracts that appear to make little commercial sense. Although rumors of [...]
2006-04-07 20:19:00Embassy CaracasSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MASS PARM VE
06DJIBOUTI63DJIBOUTI AND REPORTING IRAN TO UNITED NATIONS
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador briefed Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Yousuf January 14 on U.S. views regarding Iran's decision to proceed with uranium enrichment activities. In a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ambassador conveyed talking points provided in [...]
2006-01-16 08:43:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL AORC IR EU DJ
06DOHA127A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Silverberg met with FM Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) January 21 to discuss UN Security Council issues related to the Darfur conflict in Sudan and Syria's adherence to UNSC 1559. The Foreign Minister said Qatar is keen to cooperate with the United States. But he said he hoped [...]
2006-01-26 14:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SU SY QA UNSC
06DUBAI1319IRAN'S HOJJATIYEH SOCIETY (C-NES-01487)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 16:12:00Consulate DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PHUM PINR
06DUBAI1452NEEDLES FOR PRISONERS, AND OTHER DRUG UPDATES FROM IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 12:52:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR SOCI IR
06DUBAI1807IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDER AHMADINEJAD (C-NE5-01038)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-26 13:02:00Consulate DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV PINR PINS
06DUBAI1859DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' IRAN MEETINGS IN DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-01 13:50:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR SOCI
06DUBAI1873TEHRAN CHANGING POLICY TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-02 07:55:00Consulate DubaiSECRETIR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR
06DUBAI1904SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 14:33:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI
06DUBAI2300VIEWS FROM IRAN'S CULTURAL SECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-23 13:49:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR SOCI
06DUBAI2756IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST VIEW OF IRAN AND US POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 13:33:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI3131JEWISH MP: NO CHANGE IN SITUATION FOR IRANIAN JEWS BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 15:30:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI3263LOBBYING EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF IRANIAN POLITICAL PRISONER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 12:51:00Consulate DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI4109IRAN FORMS NEW FOREIGN RELATIONS STRATEGIC COUNCIL (FRSC)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 15:00:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PREL PGOV ZP
06DUBAI4503TFLE01:IRAN'S RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 14:52:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IS SY LE ZP MOPS
06DUBAI5191IRPO: IRANIAN MPS INDICATE US MESSAGE NOT REACHING POPULACE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 12:07:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETTC IR ZP AE
06DUBAI5246IRPO: THE STATUS OF IRAN'S ASSYRIAN AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 13:03:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR
06DUBAI5323UAEG OFFICIALS DISCUSS UAE-IRAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-20 14:33:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR ECON EFIN AE
06DUBAI583REFORMERS IN IRAN TRYING TO REGROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 07:58:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV IR PREL
06DUBAI730IN IRAN, CARTOON CONTROVERSY SIMMERS BUT DOESN'T BOIL OVER
[...] (U) Summary: In response to the publishing of "blasphemous" cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a number of European newspapers, Tehran has recalled its ambassador to Denmark and announced a cut in all trade ties with the country. Denmark pulled its diplomats out of Iran due to unspecified thre [...]
2006-02-14 14:05:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI
06DUBAI852WOMEN'S RIGHT IN IRAN ON SLOW DECLINE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-19 09:01:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR SOCI SCUL
06DUSHANBE1423AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TAJIK FM TALBAK NAZAROV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 17 official farewell call on Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov, the Ambassador summed up the progress in the U.S.-Tajik relationship over the past three years, including increased border assistance, a new U.S. Embassy and U.S. involvement in hydropower and infra [...]
2006-07-25 11:08:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MARR KDEM IR RS TI
06DUSHANBE858SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...]
2006-05-10 06:39:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR
06FREETOWN716IRANIAN DELEGATION LEAVES SIERRA LEONE
[...] (U) On August 22, Sierra Leone's state broadcasting network reported the previous day's visit of an Iranian delegation to Sierra Leone. According to the report, Iranian Minister of Agriculture Mohammed Reza Eskanderi led a 27-man delegation that included the Deputy Ministers of Defense, Energ [...]
2006-08-31 09:31:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL SL IR
06IRANRPODUBAI10IRPO: WESTERN BANK REP CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD DIRECTING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 14:11:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IR
06IRANRPODUBAI11ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION -- HARBINGER OF FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 14:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI14IRANIAN ACTIVISTS LAUD US HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE, ADVISE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-29 17:16:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PREL PGOV PHUM
06IRANRPODUBAI15IRGC: AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWERHOUSE (C-NE6-00566)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 18:09:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PTER ECON EPAT MCAP IR
06IRANRPODUBAI17EX-CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN EMPLOYEE CLAIMS STATISTICS FIXED IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 07:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN IR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI18CONSERVATIVE RIVALRIES AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 16:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI19REFORMISTS STRIKE DISSONANT CHORD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 13:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
06IRANRPODUBAI20IRANIAN INSIDER CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD IS LOSING SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 17:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR KNNP PHUM
06IRANRPODUBAI21ELECTIONS AND POWER ALIGNMENTS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 17:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI9SITUATION FOR WOMEN AND NGOS IN IRAN DETERIORATING, SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AN IRANIAN PROFESSOR AND WOMENS RIGHTS ACTIVIST DESCRIBED GOVERNMENT PRESSURE ON ACTIVISTS AND NGOS IN IRAN FOR IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE (IRPO) DIRECTOR AND IRPOFF. SHE SAID THE SITUATION FOR WOMEN IN IRAN HAS DETERIORATED UNDER THE AHMADINEJAD PRESIDENCY. WHILE THE POLICE [...]
2006-11-02 13:51:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM
06ISTANBUL422FROM THE VISA LINE, ISSUE ONE
[...] (SBU) Summary: From the Visa Line is a new reporting vehicle encompassing vignettes, anecdotes and observations from Amconsulate Istanbul Consular officers' daily interactions with Turkish--and sometime non-Turkish--visa applicants. Taken together, they offer a unique perspective on local s [...]
2006-03-22 13:45:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC SOCI PREL IR TU
06KUWAIT1010ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW
[...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]
2006-03-22 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1011ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW
[...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]
2006-03-22 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT2191KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-10 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PARM KU
06KUWAIT3733SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...]
2006-09-17 13:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT630SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC SAYS IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Poloff in a February 21 meeting that Iranian "reformers" had been politically marginalized by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and exercised little restraint on the President's conservative policies. He disco [...]
2006-02-22 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06LONDON4184IRANIAN EXILE GROUP DEDICATED TO REGIME OVERTHROW
[...] (C) Summary. The Iranian Solidarity Congress (ISC),an umbrella organization designed to unite disparate Iranian exile groups, held the third in a series of meetings June 3-5 in London. The ISC's stated goal is to develop a common strategy to bring about the nonviolent overthrow of the curr [...]
2006-06-12 15:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM IR UK
06LONDON8212UK AGREES ON NEED FOR VIGOROUS CRITIQUE OF IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office welcomes USG plans to publicly critique the undemocratic, unaccountable nature of Iran's Assembly of Experts election and the UK will be making a similar public statement, perhaps as early as December 5. The FCO noted, however, that due to co [...]
2006-12-05 12:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL IR EU UK
06MADRID2335SPAIN: MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NCIS/OSI,
[...] (C/NF) Charge paid an introductory call on MOD Secretary General for Policy Admiral Francisco Torrente on September 15. Charge told Torrente that the US deeply appreciates the hospitality and use of Spanish bases, as well as the strong foundation that the military-military relationship provides to [...]
2006-09-15 16:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR SP LE AF
06PARIS1924CHIRAC'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON, IRAN
[...] (C) Amb Stapleton took the occasion of a meeting March 23 with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) on another subject (septel),to discuss Middle East issues, focusing on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq. Concerning Syria/Lebanon, MGM said the GOF continues t [...]
2006-03-24 18:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR SY LE SP UNSC
06PARIS5990MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06RIYADH4914SAUDI HEZBOLLAH FIGURE OFFERS A SLIGHTLY TOUGHER
[...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with PolOff and PolFSN, Ahmed Al-Nimr (Ahmed),brother and office manager of Shi'a cleric Sheikh Hassan Al-Nimr (Hassan),explained that Hassan would not meet with American diplomats because "he would lose the respect of people on the street, who would ask why he met w [...]
2006-06-19 12:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SA
06RIYADH522014 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TRANSFERED TO SAUDI
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, 14 Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Saudi authority, including a non-Saudi citizen, Ahmad Sadik Turkestani. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has told EmbOffs that all of the detainees will be further incarcerated in the Kingdom until the SAG rules [...]
2006-07-02 13:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PREL KAWC MOPS PTER SA XF
06RIYADH5513SHI'A TRADITIONALIST LAMENTS SHIRAZI ASCENDANCY IN
[...] (C) Kamal Al-Khatti, a Riyadh-based social researcher formerly employed by Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd and son of Qatif's late and revered Judge Abdulhamid Al-Khatti, told the CG and ConOffs that the Shirazis (ref A) now dominated Qatif and the Saudi Shi'a community politically, but that a laten [...]
2006-07-11 11:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SA
06ROME1209ITALY: PRODI ADVISER TALKS GOVERNMENT FORMATION,
[...] (C) A senior adviser to Romano Prodi says President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has privately agreed to tap Prodi as PM-designate before Ciampi's term expires. If that happened, it could accelerate the government formation process by about two weeks, to mid-May. Levi also said he th [...]
2006-04-21 17:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KNNP PTER EUN IZ IR IT
06TELAVIV1754DAGAN AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS-LED PA AND
[...] (C) Summary: Meir Dagan, director of the Mossad, told Codel Lieberman on April 20 that Hamas won the Palestinian elections because it was more united and organized than Fatah. He said that Palestinians mainly voted for Hamas to protest Fatah corruption, but added that 60 percent "still back [...]
2006-05-05 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1870NEW NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert has appointed as the new chairman of National Security Council Ilan Mizrahi, a former Deputy Head of the Mossad, to replace Giora Eiland, who will retire in several weeks. The National Security Council (NSC),created in 1999 during the tenure of then-PM Bi [...]
2006-05-12 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS IR GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2112ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that the US is willing to enter multilateral direct talks with Iran, if Tehran agrees to halt its nuclea [...]
2006-06-01 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2140ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anti-Semitism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Sunday, at a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, that he will meet PA Chairman [Pr [...]
2006-06-05 14:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV869ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TOKYO1040GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER TALKS UNSC
[...] (C) Summary. During his February 20-22 visit to Tokyo, German FM Steinmeier and his Japanese interlocutors agreed to continuing working toward UNSC reform within the G4 framework, with Steinmeier acknowledging that U.S. supports is also important. FM Aso stressed the potentially volatile Eas [...]
2006-02-27 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KS IR UNSC GM ENRG ETTC JA
06TOKYO4866JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/25/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 01:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4895JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/28/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4969KHATAMI VISITS JAPAN; SEES KOIZUMI; AZADEGAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Koizumi warned former Iranian President Khatami that Iran would be wise to cooperate with the international community rather than continue to isolate itself, during an August 24 meeting. Khatami, in both his public remarks and in his meeting with Koizumi, maintain [...]
2006-08-30 08:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ECON ENGY IR JA
06TOKYO5182MEDIA REACTION Q FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 -
[...] "International Community Needs to Realign Front to Fight Terrorism" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/10): "Five years have passed since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.... Establishing an effective strategy to combat and eliminate terrorism remains an unfinished task [...]
2006-09-11 04:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5753TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: When you arrive in Tokyo on October 16, Japan's new government will have been in office less than one month. The new PM, Shinzo Abe, held the powerful Chief Cabinet Secretary position in former PM Koizumi's government. Both Koizumi and Abe are LDP members with a conservative ben [...]
2006-10-03 06:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN JA PARM PREL PTER
06TOKYO7125MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS/IRAN - TOKYO
[...] "Sanctions on DPRK Should Be Strengthened" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (12/23): "The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions went into recess without any substantial progress or even a date for the next round.... There is no meaningful way in which the six-p [...]
2006-12-26 02:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06USUNNEWYORK427P5 MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN
[...] (C) Ambassador Sanders and Pol MinCouns and the other P5 Ambassadors met with the SYG and former Chief of Staff and new Deputy SYG Designate Malloch Brown early in the evening of March 3. SYG called the meeting to offer a briefing on his meetings with former Iranian President Khatami in Doha [...]
2006-03-06 23:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA AORC IR
06VATICAN199HOLY SEE: POPE'S REGENSBURG SPEECH IGNITES FIRESTORM, LEADS
[...] (C) Summary. Pope Benedict XVI's September 12 speech in Regensburg caused an unwanted firestorm in the Islamic world because of the pope's quoting, in passing, an insulting reference made by a 14th-century Byzantine emperor. The Holy See, and the pope himself, responded with statements of clarifica [...]
2006-09-18 13:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VATICAN270POPE MEETS IRANIAN FM; REMAINS FIRM ON NUKES
[...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI met briefly Dec 27 with Iranian FM Mottaki, who passed him a letter from President Ahmadinejad. The Vatican did not divulge the contents of the letter, but an Iranian spokesman said it focused on dialogue and cooperation among religious people. In light of the Holy See' [...]
2006-12-28 18:32:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL IR VT
06WELLINGTON826KIWI MUSLIMS: WAHHABIS IN THEIR MIDST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand Muslims are getting increased attention from broader society as the community faces internal divisions, Wahhabi influence from overseas groups, and discrimination. Alleged Wahhabi activities have been at the heart of some publicized schisms involving mosque admin [...]
2006-10-24 02:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PTER PREL KISL SMIG NZ
06ZAGREB527MESIC DECLINES IRANIAN INVITATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Stjepan Mesic declined an invitation last week from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad to visit Tehran, special presidential advisor for international relations Budimir Loncar told Ambassador Frank on April 21. When the Iranian Ambassador to Croatia pres [...]
2006-04-26 11:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XF IR HR
07ABUDHABI1377ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE SENIOR ADVISOR REVIEWS
[...] (C) CODEL Graham (Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rep. Henry Wood, and Rep. Robert Ingilis -- all R-SC) discussed Iran, Iraq, and economic issues August 12 with Yousef al-Otaiba, International Affairs Director for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). Citing the mutual benefits of UAE invest [...]
2007-08-16 15:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREF ETRD IZ AE
07ABUDHABI813MFA ACTING UNDER SECRETARY ON MAY 13-14
[...] (C) During May 17 meeting with CDA, MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan reflected on this week's visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Although Al Haidan is a senior UAE diplomat who spent 10 years in Tehran, he readily acknowledged that he did not attend any of the meetings with the Iranian lead [...]
2007-05-17 14:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPGOV PREL KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI843 MEDIA REACTION: COMMENTARY ON CHENEY AND AHMADINEJAD
[...] SUMMARY: A UAE intellectual in "Al-Khaleej" is highly critical of the recent visits of both Vice President Cheney and Iranian President Ahmadinejad. He feels both visitors exploited the UAE's "generosity and hospitality" in order to voice "arrogant" messages. Another UAE intellectual in "Al-K [...]
2007-05-22 08:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
07ANKARA1577ONE VIEW ON TURKEY'S IRANIAN DIASPORA (C-TN7-00225)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one expert at a leading Turkish think tank, the Iranian population in Turkey numbers no more than fifty thousand, most of whom are students or other short-term economic migrants. Due to a fear of Iran's intelligence services, the Iranian community in Turkey maintai [...]
2007-06-21 06:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SCUL AJ IR TU
07ASHGABAT422HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN ON TURKMENISTAN AND
[...] (C) During an April 20 meeting, Hungarian Ambassador to Iran and Turkmenistan Istvan Venczel discussed developments in Turkmenistan and briefed Charge on the current political situation in Iran. Venczel, who has lived in Tehran since 2003, commented on issues of concern in Turkmenistan -- inc [...]
2007-04-25 12:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TX IR
07BAKU280AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIEV ASKS FOR MORE SIGNS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Of Defense for International Security A/S Rodman, SIPDIS President Aliyev said the regional situation was "developing very rapidly," and called for "more public signs" from the USG of the strengthened bilateral relationship, as [...]
2007-03-07 12:19:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ RU IR PINR MARR ENRG
07BAKU411PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, ISLAM,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra and the Ambassador, President Ilham Aliyev provided a tour d'horizon of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, regional geopolitics, energy policy and domestic development. Aliyev argued that Azerbaijan was unique, bordered by its former co [...]
2007-04-11 11:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC
07BAKU819AZERBAIJAN FM ON ENERGY, TURKMENISTAN AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that he sensed "some momentum" from Turkmenistan towards reaching out to the West and diversifying its gas export routes. The GOAJ is ready to start gas transit talks with Turkey, with SOCAR taking the lead. Having j [...]
2007-06-28 10:22:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ IR TU ENRG
07BEIRUT1336LEBANON: CENTCOM COMMANDER VISITS WITH PRIME
[...] (S) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander United States Central Command met with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora on 8/29 in Beirut, Lebanon. During this introductory meeting, ADM Fallon and PM Siniora discussed recent fighting against terrorists in the Nahr Al Bared refugee camp, Palestinian i [...]
2007-08-31 04:05:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BERLIN1648EMBASSY BERLIN'S EFFORTS ON FY2007 IRAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As a pilot post in the FY07 Iran Democracy Small Grants Program, Embassy Berlin has canvassed several local nongovernmental organizations working on Iran or Middle East issues to discuss Small Grant opportunities. While generally positive on overall initiative goals, organizatio [...]
2007-08-31 12:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM KPAO PREL GM IR
07BERLIN2241IRAN: GERMAN MFA UPDATES ON EU MEASURES, LARIJANI,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a December 20 meeting with Iranwatcher, MFA Senior Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel discussed a range of Iran-related issues. In addition to comments on the current status of the P5 1 and EU additional measure processes, she underscored the return of former nuclear nego [...]
2007-12-21 14:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM IR
07BERLIN2256IRAN: SENIOR IRANIAN BANKER SHARES VIEWS ON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A senior Iranian banker confirmed recent press reports that the Germany-based European Iranian Commercial Bank (EICB) is expanding and will be opening a new office in Tehran, with further plans for a new Dubai office. The EICB is owned by a group of Iranian state-owned banks, [...]
2007-12-28 16:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD GM IR
07BERLIN386GERMAN RESPONSE TO CIVIL SOCIETY PROGRAMMING
[...] (C) (SUMMARY): With 2006 expenditures totaling nearly two million Euros, Germany's approach to supporting Iranian civil society focuses on broadcasting, exchange, cultural, and educational activities. Reflecting Germany's general caution on promoting civil society in the region, the GOG tends [...]
2007-02-26 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GM IR
07DUBAI363MOHAMMAD GERGAWI DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ AND ISRAEL WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I, CN) met with Mohammad Gergawi, UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, on May 29. Gergawi, also a close advisor to UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),described education as a primary weapon again [...]
2007-06-07 13:23:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR IS IZ SY AE
07HAMBURG24ISLAMIC CENTER HAMBURG'S AYATOLLAH SHARES INITIATIVES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CG Hamburg and Embassy Berlin Iranwatcher hosted an informal meeting at the CGR with the head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg (ICH),Ayatollah Seyyed Abbas Hosseini Ghaemmaghami on March 20. Ghaemmaghami, an Iranian national who has served as the ICH director since 2004, discu [...]
2007-03-23 11:12:00Consulate HamburgCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL GM IR
07IRANRPODUBAI1FORMER IRGC GENERAL DISMAYED WITH POLITICIZATION OF IRGC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 16:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI14A PRO-VELAYATI CONSERVATIVE DISCUSSES IRANIAN POLITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 14:26:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI15GASOLINE SUBSIDIES: IS IRAN FEELING THE HEAT?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 14:27:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI17IRANIAN WOMEN TAKE UP BANNER OF REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 15:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI2FORMER IRGC GENERAL ON US-IRAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 17:02:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI21IRANIAN REACTIONS TO BRITISH DETENTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 12:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR MOPS UK IZ
07IRANRPODUBAI23REFORMIST MP ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 06:05:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI25IRANIAN MP COMMENTS ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-22 05:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI3FORMER POLICE GENERAL SAYS RAFSANJANI UP, AHMADINEJAD DOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 16:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ LE PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI38SUPPORT DEEP IN IRAN FOR US TALKS, IN ONE VIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 15:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI39SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 15:24:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR OREP
07IRANRPODUBAI45PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 14:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS
07IRANRPODUBAI49"WELL-CONNECTED" IRANIANS GIVE DIFFERING VIEWS OF POWER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 12:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI60NEW IRGC HEAD JAFARI DESCRIBED AS A BETTER SOLDIER AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 16:20:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV MARR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI63ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF IRAN'S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY SIGNAL HARDENING REGIME POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 12:53:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR MASS
07IRANRPODUBAI7IRANIAN REP'S VIEWS ON REGIONAL ASSYRIAN COMMUNITY
[...] (S//NF) Summary: IRPOffs met with the Assyrian Majles representative Yonathan Bet Kolia (strictly protect) February 22. Bet Kolia will lead a delegation of Iranian Assyrians to an Assyrian National Congress meeting March 24-25 in California. According to Bet Kolia, there have been no recent [...]
2007-02-27 15:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNSOCI IR PGOV PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI71COALITION-BUILDING FOR IRANIAN ELECTIONS: PART ONE-
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 14:39:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
07IRANRPODUBAI72NOBEL LAUREATE EBADI DISCUSSES HER VIEWS WITH IRPO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 13:57:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PHUM PREL PGOV KNNP
07IRANRPODUBAI9RAFSANJANI ISOLATING AHMADINEJAD?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:17:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR ECON
07ISTANBUL855AN IRANIAN ACTIVIST'S ADVICE ON REACHING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 04:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IR TU
07ISTANBUL893AN IRANIAN OIL EXECUTIVE ON ISA'S "UNINTENDED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On September 26, Consulate Istanbul &Iran watcher8 met with Assadollah Maleknejad, Vice President of Iran,s Pars Oil company, to discuss regional and Iranian hydrocarbon issues. Maleknejad politely criticized USG energy policy in the region, arguing that the Trans-Caspian pi [...]
2007-10-02 06:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON ENRG PGOV IR TU AZ
07KABUL606KARZAI DISCUSSES SECURITY, PAKISTAN WITH CODEL
[...] (U) On February 21, Codel Dicks discussed security and reconstruction issues with President Karzai. Karzai expressed confidence about GOA and ISAF ability to succeed. Attendees included Representatives Dicks, Kaptur, Frelinghuysen, Rothman, Carney, and Murphy. ---------------------------- [...]
2007-02-25 11:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR NATO AF
07KUWAIT1707READOUT OF IRAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Kuwait as part of his tour of Arabian Gulf States. According to the Kuwaiti media, FM Mottaki discussed the Kuwait-Iran maritime border, bilateral energy issues, foreign relations, Iraq and the Iranian nuclear pr [...]
2007-12-06 17:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PBTS PINR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT450KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN: APPROACHING THE U.S.
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Iran, Majid Al-Thufiri, who claims good access to senior Iranian officials, shared his impression of Iran's views towards the U.S., regional policies, and domestic political and economic situation in a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador. His key point [...]
2007-03-29 09:38:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN REALTIONS
07KUWAIT97(C) SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC: RAFSANJANI
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric told Poloff January 22 that Rafsanjani believes Iranian public opinion is shifting away from Ahmadinejad and towards Iranian "moderates." Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri, who met privately with Rafsanjani January 17, said Rafsanjani attributed this sh [...]
2007-01-24 09:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07LONDON3175IRAN: BROTHER OF IRGC'S SAFAVI SAYS A U.S. TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. xxxxxxxxxxxx Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) xxxxxxxxxxxx told London Iran Watcher xxxxxxxxxxxx that Iran's cooperation on security in Iraq, though not yet evident, would be forthcoming, but in the same breath argued that a U.S. terrorist designation of the IRGC would prevent any [...]
2007-08-17 08:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPTER KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL BA KU IR IS UK
07LONDON4680IRAN: ALLEGED EX-IRGC MEMBER LISTS QUDS FORCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Mohammed Ali Khatami (please protect),claiming to have been in the past a long-term operative for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),provided London Iran Watcher (Poloff) detailed written allegations concerning long-term IRGC-Quds Force involvement in de-stabilizing Ira [...]
2007-12-28 15:41:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07MANAMA12AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF STATE FOR
[...] (C) The Ambassador December 28 called on newly appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Al Baharna and discussed bilateral relations, the internal political situation in Bahrain, the National Democratic Institute project in Bahrain, UN Security Council Resolution 1737 dealing [...]
2007-01-04 15:09:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA BILAT OFFICIALS
07MANAMA130IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SEES DOWNTURN IN
[...] (S) An Arab Ambassador in Bahrain provided the Ambassador with a readout of departing Iranian Ambassador Mohammed Farazmand's farewell call during which Farazmand frankly acknowledged that he was happy to leave Bahrain at this time because of the difficulty of representing the current Iranian [...]
2007-02-12 10:12:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PINR IR BA REGION
07MANAMA170MFA ASSISTANT U/S DISCUSSES GSD, IRAN
[...] (C) MFA Assistant Undersecretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa expressed Bahrain's hope February 14 that progress on the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) would continue as a result of the upcoming visits to the U.S. by Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and FM Shaikh Khalid. He stressed that forward move [...]
2007-02-22 13:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA IR REGION
07MOSCOW753HIRC Chairman Lantos Meeting with Russian Security Council
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov, HIRC Chairman Lantos announced his intent to introduce legislation repealing Jackson-Vanik and inaugurate a formal congressional working group with Russian Duma Chairman of the International Relations Com [...]
2007-02-21 12:47:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP RS
07MUSCAT474MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN PREMIER VISITS MUSCAT, DEMOCRACY
[...] SUMMARY: In the leadup to this week's visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad, Iran's ambassador to Oman calls their bilateral relations "exemplary," adding that American "ships and war fleets" are the real danger to the environment and regional stability, and that he supports a GCC nuclear pro [...]
2007-05-14 12:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07NEWDELHI1488A SNAPSHOT OF INDIAN THOUGHTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In various meetings over the last few weeks, Post has been taking stock of what Indian analysts, professors, lawmakers and journalists are thinking about Iran. This cable is a summary of those conversations. Interlocutors agreed that, while Indians do not want a nuclear Iran, t [...]
2007-03-28 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET ELTN IR IN
07NEWDELHI1509DELHI DIARY, MARCH 8-29
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting. Former Iranian President Gets a Warm Reception in India ------ 2. (SBU) The mostly Indian audience at the India Today annual "conclave" March 23 h [...]
2007-03-29 14:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF KNNP IR BT KZ
07OSLO330SUSTAINABILITY SMORGASBORD: THE OSLO CSR CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. On March 28 through March 30, Norway hosted "Partnerships for Sustainable Development: The Oslo Conference on Good Governance and Environmental Responsibility." Gathering public and private sector leaders, NGOs and international experts, including Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus [...]
2007-04-03 14:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG ECON EPET EINV KPIR NO
07SHANGHAI529SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON SCO, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Summary: In a lunch discussion with DPO on August 20, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Academic Pan Guang noted Russia's increased interest in energy coordination at the recent SCO Summit in Bishkek and asserted that this represented a slight shift in Russian policy towards the SC [...]
2007-08-22 07:13:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG CH RS TI TX UZ KZ IR KN
07SINGAPORE587SM GOH'S VISIT TO IRAN AND SINGAPORE'S COOL
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore's relations with Iran remain cool, despite Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's visit to Iran this month and the city-state's broader effort over the last three years to expand its links with the Middle East. In 2004, Singapore had Iran in its sights as a potential economic [...]
2007-03-23 10:12:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON PGOV EPET SN IR
07STATE154555DEMARCHE: EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The EU has recently expressed interest in resuming its human rights dialogue with Iran. This cable provides guidance on supporting that dialogue providing certain conditions are met, and requests that post demarche the EU to issue statements on two Iranian political activists. [...]
2007-11-09 12:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM IR PREL EUN PGOV KDEM
07TELAVIV246ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported and all major media, except Maariv and The Jerusalem Post, bannered last night's joint statement by PM Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister announcing their decision to appoi [...]
2007-01-23 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV297ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, FM Tzipi Livni warned PA Chairman [President] Mahmou [...]
2007-01-26 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV309ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-29 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TOKYO2630NO JAPANESE DEMOCRACY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's involvement with Iranian civil society is limited to the work of two non-governmental organizations that focus on refugee relief efforts. In addition, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is currently involved in four projects which provide technical assistan [...]
2007-06-12 02:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EAID IR JA
07YEREVAN939IRANIAN FM VISIT PROMPTS WEAK DEFENSE FROM FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian FM Mottaki was received by Armenia's president, prime minister, and foreign minister, and energy minister during his July 20 visit to Yerevan to take part in the 7th annual Armenian-Iranian inter-governmental economic commission. Armenian leaders were unhelpfully positive [...]
2007-07-24 14:13:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL KMDR IR AM
08ANKARA1405TURKEY: GOT OUTLINES AHMADINEJAD VISIT
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey August 14, in what the GOT is describing to us as a "working visit." He will travel only to Istanbul -- not Ankara -- where he will meet with President Gul and, most likely, PM Erdogan. The visit has not been officially anno [...]
2008-08-06 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1992TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY EAGER FOR CHANGE IN IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials and Think-tankers in Ankara told Department of State Iranian Affairs Office Director Todd Schwartz during November 13 meetings that the U.S. should initiate direct talks with Iran and signal a willingness to "extend a hand of friendship" early in the Obama Admini [...]
2008-11-17 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG IR TU
08ANKARA2058AN IRAN VIGNETTE; DUAL EXISTENCES IN DAILY LIFE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September interview with Leila E, an official with the Iranian Ministry of Interior, she offered insights into political, social, and religious issues occurring in Iran. She described pervasive efforts by the regime to monitor and control the activities of the Iranian po [...]
2008-11-26 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCVIS IR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SOCI TU
08ASHGABAT1420TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHERAN ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Hungarian ambassador to Iran and Turkmenistan, based in Teheran, spoke at length with the Charge earlier October 28, giving a read-out on Iran's worsening economic situation, the upcoming Iranian and U.S. presidential elections, views on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Ira [...]
2008-10-30 06:19:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08BAGHDAD3310ERBIL: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES SOFA, PKK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 4 meeting in Sulaymaniyah with Iraq's Presidency Council and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, Iraq President Jalal Talibani told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Ambassador Crocker that the Presidency Council would propose adding Article 50 (election quo [...]
2008-10-14 08:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD87TALABANI ON RESTARTING THE 3+1 AND MODERATING
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on January 9 met with the Ambassador on the occasion of Talabani,s return to Baghdad from the Kurdistan region. Talabani said he is ready to move forward on the 3 1 mechanism now that all the principals are bac [...]
2008-01-12 16:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD94RECENT IRANIAN ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-13 12:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON IR IZ
08BAKU900ACCOUNTING FIRM EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES ACTIVITIES OF
[...] (C) Moore Stephens International accounting firm chief discussed with Baku Iran Watcher the firm's consulting activities in Iran and his personal impressions of the Iranian business and investment climate. He stated that Moore Stephens has been hired to advise several Iranian companies on m [...]
2008-09-23 07:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV IR AJ
08BAKU982IRANIAN TEA PARTY: A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S
[...] (C/NOFORN) A leading Azerbaijan-based businessman with Iranian roots described his experiences attempting to invest in the Iranian tea sector in 2004-2006. Invited in by Iranian officials, he described how two of his ventures were torpedoed by Teheran authorities after they were underway, an [...]
2008-10-15 09:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EAGR PGOV EINV IZ IR
08BAKU983IRANIAN TEA PARTY: A FOREIGN INVESTOR'S
[...] (C/NOFORN) A leading Azerbaijan-based businessman with Iranian roots described his experiences attempting to invest in the Iranian tea sector in 2004-2006. Invited in by Iranian officials, he described how two of his ventures were torpedoed by Teheran authorities after they were underway, an [...]
2008-10-15 09:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EAGR PGOV EINV IZ IR
08BERLIN1675IRAN: BUNDESTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS LEVERAGING IRANIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two of the Bundestag's leading Iran experts discussed Iran-related issues with visiting NEA/IR Office Director Todd Schwartz November 11 and 12. In separate meetings, Rolf Muetzenich (SPD),a leading member of the Bundestag's Disarmament Subcommittee, and Iranian-German Green [...]
2008-12-16 15:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV KNNP GM IR
08BERLIN323IRAN: MFA ON MAJLES ELECTION STATEMENT,
[...] (C) PolOff (Iran-watcher) shared reftel talking points and the draft USG statement on the March 14 Iranian parliamentary election with MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel on March 12. Potzel recommended that the statement should frame the Iranian election in terms of international standards, [...]
2008-03-13 16:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR GM
08BERN600IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on November 24 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section and POC for IAEA issues at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). ---- IRAN ---- 2. (C) Praz said that the GOS was not surprised by the latest [...]
2008-11-24 18:18:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SY
08CAIRO1067CODEL BAIRD MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON MARGINS
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Baird discussed Egyptian and regional issues with Egypt's political and business leaders on the margins of the May 18 - 20 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, and presidential son Gamal Mubarak focused on [...]
2008-05-27 11:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EG
08CAIRO36(C) MUBARAK CALLS AHMEDINEJAD "EXTREMIST," SAYS NO
[...] (S) Summary: President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that Iranian president Ahmedinejad is an "extremist," who does not think rationally, but who will nevertheless be re-elected. Egypt will not normalize diplomatic relations with Iran a [...]
2008-01-08 17:04:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL EG IR
08DUBAI347READOUT OF RECENT JAPAN-IRAN BILATERAL MEETINGS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. During an August 25 meeting with IRPO Director and Poloffs, Japanese MFA Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi gave an informal readout of the most recent encounters between Japanese and Iranian officials, including regularly scheduled meetings at the Vice Ministerial and Director Gen [...]
2008-09-01 14:04:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV ETRD ETTC IR JA
08DUBAI481IRAN: A TEHRAN DEPUTY MAYOR DISCUSSES QALIBAF'S CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Summary: Tehran Deputy Mayor and head of Tehran's Urban Beautification Organization Hojatollah Mollasalehi told us in a brief meeting on December 18 that Tehran Mayor Qalibaf had not decided whether to run for president or not. Qalibaf's decision would depend on the prospects of President [...]
2008-12-31 14:54:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR EFIN
08IRANRPODUBAI1SUPPORTING "FRIENDS OF AMERICA" IN IRAN (IPRO PD YEAR 1,
[...] (C) Summary: As reftel details, the Department restarted US-Iran official exchanges in August 2006, featuring the flagship USG exchange program, the IVLP. The Iranian government became aware early on of USG funding for the IVLP and, even for the first program in November of 2006, issued writte [...]
2008-01-16 08:52:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALOEXC PGOV PINR
08IRANRPODUBAI12IRAN: ELECTION EVE OBSERVATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-13 16:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI13ASSESSMENT OF FIRST DAY RESULTS OF IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-15 18:56:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PHUM
08IRANRPODUBAI16QALIBAF -- A CHALLENGER FOR THE IRANIAN PRESIDENCY IN 2009?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-30 13:19:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL
08IRANRPODUBAI22NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED IN IRAN: THE CASE OF CENTRAL
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2008-04-24 09:00:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
08IRANRPODUBAI5IRAN: LACK OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN HIV/AIDS CAMPAIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 14:09:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV SOCI TBIO
08IRANRPODUBAI6IRANIAN STEEL INDUSTRY ACCORDING TO AN INSIDER
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2008-02-14 13:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON EIND EMIN PGOV IR
08IRANRPODUBAI8THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 2008 IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-28 16:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV
08KUWAIT151IRANIAN DISSIDENT DISCUSSES CONDITION OF AHWAZI
[...] (C) Summary: On January 29, A/Polcouns and Poloff met with Ahmad Eidan Neisi (PROTECT/PROTECT),an Iranian Shi'a cleric and political dissident from the Ahwaz region of southwestern Iran. Neisi sought a meeting with Poloffs to discuss the dire social and economic conditions of Ahwazi ethnic Ar [...]
2008-02-07 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM PTER ECON IR KU
08KYIV774UKRAINE: VISITS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE AND STABLE MID
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Although recent high-level Ukrainian visits to the Middle East seem to suggest a growing GOU interest in the region; when viewed in context, however, the visits are the most recent in a string of Middle East initiatives long on grandiose announcements of increased co [...]
2008-04-17 11:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IZ ZR ZP UP
08LONDON1580IRAN: UK INTENDS TO GO FORWARD ON TAJIK
[...] (C) Summary: Taking a strong pro-extradition line, the UK still expects to extradite former Iranian Ambassador Tajik as soon as remaining medical-legal aspects of his case are resolved. Foreign and Commonwealth contacts underline, however, that HMG takes Iranian threats related to the Tajik c [...]
2008-06-06 16:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON2169IRAN: EXPAT SOURCE'S INFORMATION AND VIEWS ON
[...] (S) Summary: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reportedly is widely viewed within the regime as a capable and forceful leader and manager who may someday succeed to at least a share of national leadership; his father may also see him in that light. A close ally of Tehran Mayor Q [...]
2008-08-21 15:10:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PTER PHUM IR UK
08LONDON2691IRAN: SAFAVI CLAIMS KHAMENEI WILL HOLD HARD LINE,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior Iranian cleric and IRGC figure Salman Safavi told a private dinner, attended by Embassy London Iran watcher (Poloff),that Supreme Leader Khamenei will ease or harden the tone of Iran's nuclear policies based on who wins the U.S. presidential election. Safavi gave no s [...]
2008-10-24 18:14:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNKPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK
08LONDON3215IRAN: READOUT FROM UK LEGISLATORS AND FROM XXXXXXXXXXXX REP ON MEK RECONCILIATION
[...] (C/REL UK) Summary: The Tehran regime is giving high priority and visibility to its efforts to reconcile those former members of the terrorist entity Mujahaddin e-Khalq (MEK aka MKO aka NCRI, inter alia) who have returned to Iran, according both to UK Parliamentary legislators who in October and N [...]
2008-12-24 11:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK
08MEXICO614MEXICO-IRAN RELATIONS: A LOT OF TALK BUT NOT MUCH
[...] (C) More than a year after a dynamic new Iranian Ambassador hit the ground running in Mexico, bilateral relations between the two countries have yet to move beyond the symbolic. Economic ties remain limited and soft-power projections by Iran in Mexico have had little public impact. Mexican off [...]
2008-02-29 22:19:00Embassy MexicoSECRETENRG MX PARM PEMEX PGOV PINR PREL PTER
08MOSCOW630THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...]
2008-03-06 11:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW751THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...]
2008-03-19 13:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08OTTAWA1552US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU
[...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...]
2008-12-12 21:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA
08RPODUBAI36SUBSIDY REFORM IS KEY FEATURE OF AHMADINEJAD'S NEW ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 14:42:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV ECON
08RPODUBAI41SECOND AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER EXPOSING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 09:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON IR
08RPODUBAI43FORMER MP AND JOURNALIST ON VOA PROGRAMMING
[...] (C) Summary: Voice of America (VOA) is well-positioned as an alternative to state-run Iranian TV to provide uncensored, impartial information that can help advance reform in Iran, a former reformist member of Iran's Sixth Majles and journalist told IRPOff 22 July. The former MP is in contact w [...]
2008-07-24 14:09:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR KPAO
08RPODUBAI53RETIRED IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ON US ELECTION, IMPROVING US
[...] (S) IRPO Director met on November 6 with Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo (retired),who was in Dubai applying for a visa to attend the NYU Center for Dialogues Iran Conference in early December. Ambassador Khoshroo's scheduled presentation will address opportunities for US-Iran cooperation. Kho [...]
2008-11-10 10:08:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL PINR IR
08RPODUBAI57TEHRAN DEPUTY MAYOR OUTLINES QALIBAF'S ELECTION PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: Tehran Deputy Mayor and head of Tehran's Urban Beautification Organization Hojatollah Mollasalehi told us in a brief meeting on December 18 that Tehran Mayor Qalibaf had not decided whether to run for president or not. Qalibaf's decision would depend on the prospects of President [...]
2008-12-23 14:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IR
08SAOPAULO123MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN ELECTIONS; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 15:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08TELAVIV1570ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today most media focused on the third day of Morris Talansky's cross-examination by PM Ehud Olmert's lawyers. Leading media reported that Talansky could not remember details of cash transf [...]
2008-07-21 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TOKYO3124 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08
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2008-11-11 00:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08VIENNA1614IRANIAN EX-PRESIDENT KHATAMI DISCUSSES NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Former Iranian President Khatami discussed Iran's nuclear program, the upcoming Iranian elections, and human rights in Iran with GOA leaders during an October 25-27 visit to Vienna. Khatami told President Fischer that Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology for civilian [...]
2008-11-03 13:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IAEA ENRG MNUC PARM IR AU
09ANKARA1039TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1185Iran Election Outrage Muted For Time Being
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A broad range of Iranian visa applicants interviewed in the past two weeks expressed that the public unrest in Iran has calmed, but hope outrage over the recent election in the long run will force Mahmoud Ahmadinejad out of office. As one Armenian middle aged couple stated, "thi [...]
2009-08-13 14:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
09ANKARA1520IRAN ASYLUM SEEKER ALLEGES TORTURE AND SIGNS OF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On Monday October 19th, CONOFF and LEGATT interviewed Ebrahim Ali MEHTARI (strictly protect),an Iranian asylum seeker in Ankara, regarding MEHTARI's claims that he saw writing by Robert LEVINSON at an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) detention center during MEHTARI' [...]
2009-10-21 12:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNCVIS IR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SOCI TU
09ANKARA1847Iranians Unchanged By Ashura Protest
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFFs surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants following the Sunday, December 27, 2009 Ashura protests in Iran. None of the applicants participated in the protests nor did any have contact with protest participants. Most applicants were sk [...]
2009-12-30 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
09ANKARA204ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA378TURKEY: GUL URGES TEHRAN NOT TO MISS "GOOD
[...] (C) MFA Deputy DG for South Asia Babur Hizlan gave us a readout March 13 on President Gul's participation in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Tehran, March 10-11, where he met bilaterally with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and, accompanied by Ahmadinejad, with Supreme Lead [...]
2009-03-13 16:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL ETRD AF IR PK TU
09ANKARA379TURKEY: GUL URGES TEHRAN NOT TO MISS "GOOD
[...] (C) MFA Deputy DG for South Asia Babur Hizlan gave us a readout March 13 on President Gul's participation in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Tehran, March 10-11, where he met bilaterally with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and, accompanied by Ahmadinejad, with Supreme Lead [...]
2009-03-14 09:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL ETRD AF IR PK TU
09ANKARA502ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 14:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA549TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP FROM 8 APRIL 2009 E3 PLUS 3
[...] (S) Ambassador met April 14 with Ambassador Gurcan Turkoglu, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Gul, and urged the GOT to help persuade Iran to accept the renewed E3 Plus 3 approach and the freeze for freeze proposal. Turkoglu did not commit to taking any specific action, but said he underst [...]
2009-04-14 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC IR TU
09ANKARA94ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
09ASHGABAT1182IRAN: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? XXXXXXXXXXXX DIPLOMAT SHARES HIS PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX's advised in a recent conversation with Ashgabat Iran Watcher that the U.S. would be ill-advised to begin talks with Iran, that it would be great disappointment to Iranians who have found hope in President Obama's message of change. He called Iran's leadership "untrustwort [...]
2009-09-16 11:18:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX UNESCO
09ASHGABAT1543IRAN: UNESCO DIRECTOR SHARES THE UPS AND DOWNS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Ashgabat this week, the Director of UNESCO's office in Tehran spoke of the challenges of cooperating with the Iranian government in several areas, including training journalists and the preservation of cultural heritage sites. He also described the reaction of hi [...]
2009-12-03 11:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT204IRAN: TURKMEN SCHOLAR SEES CHANGES IN IRAN
[...] (C) A prominent Persian language scholar with close ties to Iranian academics told Iran Watcher this week that he fears that vote-rigging, similar to what was alleged to have occurred in the 2005 Iranian Presidential elections, will determine the outcome of Iran's Presidential election in Jun [...]
2009-02-09 13:10:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT370TURKMENISTAN: IRANIANS TRAVEL EN MASSE TO ASHGABAT
[...] (SBU) Hundreds of Iranian tourists from the northern city of Mashhad have arrived in Ashgabat to spend part or all of the Nowruz holidays. Most made the 140-mile trip from Iran's second largest city by bus as part of one of several organized tour groups and are staying at the city's moderatel [...]
2009-03-23 14:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT733IRAN ELECTION UPDATE: TRUCKERS INDICATE SUPPORT
[...] (C) Conversations with Iranian truck drivers held in and around Ashgabat on June 10 demonstrate that support for candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi is growing among working class Iranians. Iran Watcher spoke with transiting drivers representing various geographic areas and ethnic groups and found [...]
2009-06-10 12:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT993IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: SCHOLAR PREDICTS MORE OF THE
[...] (C) In a conversation this week with Iran Watcher, Ghandeem Gurbanov, Turkmenistan's most prominent Farsi language scholar, who currently teaches at the Iranian Embassy's Cultural Center in Ashgabat, said that Iranians residing in Turkmenistan voted nearly unanimously for and continue to suppo [...]
2009-08-05 12:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09BAGHDAD31GEN PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PM MALIKI
[...] (C) During a December 26 meeting, CENTCOM Commander Gen. David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki discussed the security situation in different regions of Iraq, the implementation of the Security Agreement, and the drawdown of coalition forces. General Petraeus congratulated the Prime M [...]
2009-01-07 09:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD3316NEA A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting NEA A/S Feltman on December 14, President Talabani underscored the importance for Kurds of the POTUS/VPOTUS telephone calls with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani, the December 7 White House statement on Iraq's electio [...]
2009-12-23 09:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY TU EG IR IZ
09BAKU474IRAN ELECTION: BAKU RALLY FOR MOUSAVI; ISFAHAN
[...] (C) Iranians in Baku held a relatively sedate, "invitation-only" election rally at an auditorium at Khazar University for Mir Hussein Mousavi on June 9. This rally, held with the permission of the GOAJ, was the only such political rally held for any Iranian Presidential candidate in Azerbaij [...]
2009-06-12 10:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ IR
09BAKU694IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR DICSUSSES
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2009-09-02 11:06:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KIL AJ IR
09BAKU695IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITYSCHOLAR STRESSES
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Baku Iran watcher that the latter is "more powerful than Ahmadinejad," and played a key role in the Iranian election fraud and other regime activities. He described Mesbah-Yazdi's political ideology as profoundly anti-democratic, and argued that his behind-the-scenes influenc [...]
2009-09-02 11:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KISL AJ IR
09BAKU994INFORMATION ON IRAN OPPOSITION ARRESTS; HARSH
[...] (C) Baku-based Iranian contacts with known contacts with opposition figures provided Baku Iran watcher with a validated arrest list of some key opposition figures arrested late on December 27 and early on December 28. The list is not comprehensive but does provide a sense of the breadth of wha [...]
2009-12-29 08:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM AJ IR
09BAMAKO200MALI STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:58:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL ML IR
09BEIJING560PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...]
2009-03-04 12:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIRUT203LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY AND PM SINIORA DISCUSS
[...] (C) In a February 18 luncheon with Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed Lebanon's desire for engagement with Syria, and support for U.S. engagement, on the condition that Syria recognize Lebanon's sovereignty and deliver on previous promises. He assessed that the Iranian [...]
2009-02-20 15:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IR SY IS WE
09BERLIN1628MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, TERRORISM, ISRAEL, GERMANY-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Failed Terrorist Attack 3. (Iran) Clashes Between Regime and Opposition 4. (Terrorism) U.S.-Yemen 5. (Israel) New Settlements 6. (Afghanistan) London Conference  [...]
2009-12-31 13:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR YM IS AF
09BERLIN218MEDIA REACTION: G20, CLINTON, GUANTANAMO, NATO, ECONOMICS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Preparatory Meeting 3. Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 4. Guantnamo 5. France's Return to NATO's Structures 6. U.S. Budget Deficit, Efforts to Fight Financial Crisis 7. Former Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Ahmadinejad 8. Fo [...]
2009-02-23 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH FR IR IS XG
09BERLIN220IRAN: FORMER CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-Chancellor and former SPD Chief Gerhard Schroeder's February 19-22 visit to Iran has come under fire not only from rival parties and Germany's Jewish community, but also from a senior SPD Bundestag member. The MFA (and with it, FM Steinmeier) has also distanced itself from t [...]
2009-02-23 15:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM IR
09CAIRO615CODEL TAUSCHER'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Key Points -- Iran: President Mubarak told CODEL Tauscher that using diplomacy and economic sanctions with Iran is far better than using force. Using force to solve the problems with Iran will led to instability in the region and an increase in terrorism. Mubarak has no plans to resto [...]
2009-04-12 10:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS IR EG SY
09CANBERRA587FOREIGN MINISTRY READOUT OF REPORTS FROM EHERAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials told poloff on June 24 that the Australian Embassy in Tehran is reporting that any possibility of a compromise government has been removed by the hard stances of both Moussavi and Khamenei. The embassy also has reporte [...]
2009-06-25 04:14:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNAS IR PGOV PREL
09DAMASCUS158KERRY - ASAD: DIVIDING IRAQ AND UNIFYING IRAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry told President Asad that he believed progress was being made in Iraq and the U.S. wanted to withdraw its troops as soon as possible. The recent provincial elections in Iraq had been the first real, positive [...]
2009-02-27 13:21:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IZ IR SY
09DAMASCUS27FM MUALLIM TELLS CODEL SPECTER BETTER U.S.-SYRIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to sharing Syrian views about the situation in Gaza (ref B),FM Walid Muallim told Senator Arlen Specter December 30 the best way to change Iranian behavior related to its nuclear program was to remove the issue from the UN Security Council and pursue a monitoring sol [...]
2009-01-07 14:46:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR IZ LE SY
09DOHA454CROWN PRINCE ON QATAR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN
[...] (C) In a July 14 meeting, Ambassador asked Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for his views on Iran following the recent Iranian presidential elections. Noting that Qatar's Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces had visited post-election Iran and Iran's Parliament Speaker had traveled to Doha, [...]
2009-07-15 12:51:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL QA IR
09ISTANBUL105FACEBOOK IN IRAN: DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS
[...] (C) Summary: In early February the Iranian regime reportedly unblocked internet access in Iran to social networking sites like Facebook. Since then tens of thousands of Iranians have signed up, according to Iranian contacts, and use the website not only for socializing but also for politica [...]
2009-03-13 07:39:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM ECPS IR
09ISTANBUL131A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST'S ADVICE ON ROXANA
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: A leading Iranian analyst shared views with us on March 26 on Iranian-American journalist Roxane Saberi's detention, US-Iran engagement, and Iran's presidential elections. Regarding Saberi's detention, he said if the USG follows the model used in 2007 in response to Hale [...]
2009-03-31 10:20:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PHUM IR
09ISTANBUL175PROMOTING "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IRAN"
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO that promotes "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) principles in Turkey has briefed us on its efforts to train an Iranian CSR NGO to survey 100 Iranian companies on the extent to which they implement CSR principles in Iran. Not surprisingly the initial results [...]
2009-05-20 15:16:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL198IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S INFORMAL
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish political science professor plans to visit Iran with several colleagues June 9-13 on the pretense of holding academic exchanges with counterparts at Tehran and Esfahan universities, but for the primary purpose of visiting Iranian polling stations and observing the cond [...]
2009-06-04 15:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL206IRAN/ELECTIONS: A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST PREDICTS
[...] (S) Summary: A leading Tehran-based economic and political consultant predicts that Mir-Hossein Mousavi will win the Iranian elections in a June 19 run-off against Ahmadinejad. His firm's most recent polling shows Mousavi receiving over 50 percent support from Iranians likely to vote, with [...]
2009-06-09 13:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL207IRAN/ELECTIONS: "THE MOST DYNAMIC WEEK IN IRANIAN
[...] (S) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee (please protect) told us June 10 that not since the 1979 revolution has he seen such a dynamic week in Iranian politics. He said the televised debates (especially the airing of corruption charges and personal attacks),the mass [...]
2009-06-10 13:46:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV KDEM PINS PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL220IRAN/ELECTIONS: "AN IRGC COUP" NOW FACES THREE
[...] (S) Summary: A former IRGC captain maintains that the Iranian regime's claim of an Ahmadinejad presidential victory was "an IRGC coup." He claims to have been told by current IRGC contacts (hinting that they are colonels or brigadiers) that once the IRGC saw on election day that that Mousavi [...]
2009-06-17 14:24:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPINS PGOV KDEM PREL IT TU
09ISTANBUL244POST-ELECTION IRAN: "THE SYSTEM IS NO LONGER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee, recently returned from Iran, described how he thinks Ahmadinejad's campaign "stole" the elections, including printing 20 million extra ballots for ballot-box stuffing. He predicted the regime will now work hard to secure in [...]
2009-07-02 14:56:00Consulate IstanbulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL343IRAN: MOUSAVI CAMPAIGN ACTIVISTS RECOUNT
[...] (C) Summary: Two Mousavi campaign activists who recently came to Turkey to avoid re-arrest in Iran described their experiences in detention and told us that: the regime is obsessively afraid of former President Khatami, but less so of Mousavi and Rafsanjani; that the purpose of the "show trial [...]
2009-09-10 06:06:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL345IRAN: TURKISH EXPERTS SEE KHAMENEI IN CHARGE,
[...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed several leading Turkish think-tank experts for latest views on developments in Iran and the Iranian regime's view of engagement with the international community. The common themes we heard were: Supreme Leader Khamenei remains in firm control of the regime, su [...]
2009-09-11 13:38:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL461IRAN/CULTURE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK AND ROLL
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Iranian rock band described to us on December 8-9 Tehran's "small but crazy" underground club scene, where drugs are cheap and easy to find, creative expression is at its most free, and participants are among Iran's most tech-savvy citizens. They said the regime's fierce po [...]
2009-12-16 14:53:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS SOCI TU IR
09ISTANBUL47IRAN/DIPLOMACY: FORMER IRANIAN MFA DG URGES
[...] (C) Summary: Kia Tabatabaee, a former Iranian MFA Director General now working for the "Developing Eight" (D8) organization in Istanbul, told us that Iran awaits US steps towards engagement. He urged the US and EU3 to put aside the nuclear issue "for a few months" and cooperate on regional i [...]
2009-01-29 11:59:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS IR TU
09ISTANBUL78TURKISH THINK TANK EXPERTS EXPOUND ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed private Turkish experts for latest views on Turkey-Iran and US-Iran relations. The most common themes we heard were: Turkey and Iran, as neighbors and rivals, both seek a stable "balance of power" with each other and usually pursue bilateral relations with t [...]
2009-02-26 10:34:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR
09JEDDAH343PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT BRENNAN'S SEPT 5 DISCUSSION
[...] (S/NF) During CDA Richard Erdman's September 5 meeting with Saudi Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Prince Nayif bin Abdulaziz (reftel),John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, stressed USG condemnation of the August 28 terrorist [...]
2009-09-11 13:28:00Consulate JeddahSECRET//NOFORNASEC PGOV PREL PTER SA
09KABUL796 AFGHAN TRADE ENVOY IN RUSSIA OFFERS VIEWS ON CORRUPTION,
[...] (U) Kamal Nabizada, a prominent Afghan businessman from Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghan trade attach in Moscow, and self-described confidant of President Karzai and Russian Prime Minister Putin, shared with State PRT officer his thoughts on corruption in the fuel import business, the upcoming Afghan pre [...]
2009-03-31 09:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD AF RU
09KUWAIT143SARKOZY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT: FRENCH REACH EXCEEDS
[...] (S) Summary: French President Sarkozy capped a four and a half hour visit to Kuwait February 11 with wildly optimistic statements to the press that France would provide Kuwait with modern fighter aircraft (i.e. the thus-far poorly selling Rafales),marine frigates and unspecified defense sys [...]
2009-02-18 16:04:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS KU IR IZ
09LONDON923IRAN ELECTIONS; DISARRAY IN BOTH CONSERVATIVE AND REFORMIST CAMPS; MOUSSAVI TOO UNKNOWN FOR MANY; XXXXXXXXXXXX LIKELY TO EMERGE; IRANIAN ANALYSTS URGE OUTREACH, DISAGREE OVER CHANNELS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Iranian analysts in Iran and the UK see no clear trends or emerging patterns in the campaigns of candidates for President in the run up to Iran's June elections; London Iran Watcher (Poloff) contacts do agree broadly on the importance of direct engagement with Iranian Government, b [...]
2009-04-20 16:45:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM IR UK
09MOSCOW587IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MFA UNCERTAIN OF
[...] (C) Russian MFA Iran desk chief Maxim Baranov, who recently returned from Tehran, told us that the Iranian political situation remained unclear, with too many potential candidates to predict the outcome of the June 12 Presidential election. Baranov thought that the large number of potential p [...]
2009-03-11 14:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR RS
09MUSCAT251EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S MARCH 18-22
[...] (C) Summary: In his March 18-22 visit to Muscat, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Sultan Qaboos: -- shared their optimism about the new U.S. administration; -- agreed that continuing divisions among the Palestinians, compounded by Iranian interference and unhelpful Qatari and [...]
2009-03-30 05:59:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EG QA IR MU
09MUSCAT383OMANI ENVOY SAYS IRAN READY FOR DIALOG WITH THE U.S.,
[...] (C)Sultan Qaboos' Special Envoy to Iran and Advisor for Cultural Affairs, Abdul `Aziz al Rowas, told the Ambassador April 25 that Iran is ready to begin a quiet dialog "at a lower level" with the U.S. Al Rowas advised the U.S. that as we advance in our efforts to engage with Iran, we remember [...]
2009-04-27 04:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL IR MU
09MUSCAT567SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Special Representative Holbrooke: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman, one of our oldest friends in the region. We have requested a meeting with Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said. You will find the Sultan is an engaging interlocutor. He is an intellectual whose interests range [...]
2009-06-03 10:48:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PK AF MU
09NEWDELHI1113MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN-
[...] "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION IN DANGER," op-ed in May 31 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Being completely irresponsible and in violation of international laws, North Korea's obtaining nuclear weapons is a grave concern for international security. It will put extra pressure on the ma [...]
2009-06-01 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1263SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COMMENTARY ON
[...] "IRAN ON THE BOIL," editorial in left-influenced THE HINDU: "The official declaration of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a runaway winner in a hotly disputed and possibly rigged presidential election has generated a white heat of popular anger that has no precedent in Iran's post-re [...]
2009-06-17 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09PARIS1046IRAN: EU DIPLOMATS TO ATTEND AHMADINEJAD
[...] (C/NF) European Union members will send low-ranking diplomats to the first of two inauguration ceremonies for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but they will not inform the Iranians of their plans, according to French MFA Acting Middle East Director (Assistant-Secretary equivalent) Jean-Christophe Paucell [...]
2009-07-31 15:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS239READOUT OF PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S GULF TOUR
[...] (S) Summary: President Sarkozy sees his February 10-11 visit to the Gulf as a success, especially his surprise visit to Iraq, where he invited President Talabani to lead a state visit to Paris at the end of the year along with both Iraqi Vice Presidents. According to Presidential Middle East [...]
2009-02-17 15:54:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS849IRANIAN NGO LEADER CLAIMS OPPOSITION CANNOT BACK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iranian NGO Leader Amir Hossein Barmaki (please protect) told poloff June 22 in Paris that if the Iranian opposition leaders back down now they will be "destroyed" by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khamene'i. "They are not going to stop fighting," he insisted, "or they w [...]
2009-06-23 16:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PREL FR
09RIYADH1507SAUDI-IRANIAN "WAR OF WORDS" ESCALATES
[...] (C) The constant low-level tensions that have historically characterized the Saudi-Iranian relationship appear to be escalating in recent weeks, amidst an atmosphere of uncertainty in the region and increasingly angry rhetoric surrounding the Hajj. Spillover from the conflict in Yemen has inc [...]
2009-11-10 14:02:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA IR
09RIYADH836SAUDIS URGE PUBLIC RESTRAINT ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister commended President Obama's "wise policy" on Iran and urged continued restraint to avoid playing into the regime's attempts to cast the opposition as pawns of the West. Ahmadinejad would likely survive but would be severely weakened by this unprecedented [...]
2009-06-24 15:53:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL SA IR UAE UK
09RPODUBAI109IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 3,
[...] [S/NF] Reformist MP Khoeni On Past and Present of Reform Movement: PAST: Former Reformist parliamentarian Mohammad Mousavi Khoeni [strictly protect], who served in the Sixth Majles (2000-2004),met with IRPO on March 1 and 3. Mousavi Khoeni entered the Majles from a leadership position [...]
2009-03-03 13:33:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PINS IR
09RPODUBAI115IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 10,
[...] [S/NF] Reformist MP Khoeni On Future of Reform Movement: Last week former MP (Sixth Majles) Moussavi Khoeni spoke about his experiences as a parliamentarian and his views on reformist participation in the upcoming presidential elections. Turning now to his views on the future of the reformist [...]
2009-03-10 12:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM CONS IR AF
09RPODUBAI121IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 17,
[...] [C/NF] Iranian Visa Applicants in Dubai Generally Unenthusiastic About Mir Hossein Mousavi: IRPO Conoff queried visa applicants regarding their views of former Iranian Prime Minister and now presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. None professed particular enthusiasm with his candidacy and [...]
2009-03-17 12:36:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EAGR ECON KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI122IRAN'S ELECTION - KHATAMI DEPARTS, MOUSAVI ENTERS TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Former president Khatami's decision to withdraw from Iran's upcoming presidential race in favor of former Prime Minister Mousavi will help consolidate the moderate vote, strengthening the challenge to Ahmadinejad. Mousavi, following a twenty-year absence from Iran's political [...]
2009-03-17 13:49:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI124IRAN: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES COMPLAIN OF IRIG DISCRIMINATION
[...] (C) Summary: The IRIG has engaged in a distinct effort to separate minorities from the larger, Muslim society, according to members of Iran's Zoroastrian and Armenian Christian communities who recently spoke to IRPO. Iran's efforts, seemingly intended to ensure that Iran is first and foremost [...]
2009-03-18 12:43:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI168AHMADINEJAD'S WINGS GET CLIPPED ON ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iran's Majles dealt President Ahmadinejad a series of setbacks on economic policy in March that signal the forging of a broad-based opposition to the President's populist economic policies. These defeats have hurt, but probably not crippled, his plans to distribute cash and ec [...]
2009-04-14 08:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI171IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - APRIL
[...] [S/NF] Iranian UN OCHA head seen as invaluable link to IRIG: According to an Iranian employee of the UN Office of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs (please protect),the current OCHA director in Tehran, Ali Ashraf Mojtahed Shabestari, is so well-respected by IRIG officials that their r [...]
2009-04-15 13:25:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAGR IR
09RPODUBAI174IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: AN INSIDER ASSESSES THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A prominent political scientist from Tehran assesses that moderate presidential contender Mir Hossein Mousavi has - at least in theory - the constituency to win, but that his ability to defeat the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 election will depend largely on his [...]
2009-04-16 15:11:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI176DECONSTRUCTING THE IRANIAN ELECTORATE
[...] (S) Summary: The Iranian electorate comprises a diverse mix of voters, including the true believers, the scared voters, and those just looking for moderate improvement. This year, much discussion has centered on four groups of voters: rural voters, urban voters, young voters, and a potential bl [...]
2009-04-21 11:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV ECON KDEM SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI177IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE--WINDOW ON IRAN--APRIL 22,
[...] (S/NF) Game of Attrition. Ahmadinejad's defeats on the budget and his plan to distribute cash payments to lower-income Iranians show that power centers, such as the Majles, are actively working to pressure the President prior to the June election, according to [Source removed]. These power centers [...]
2009-04-22 11:00:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI187IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY 6,
[...] (S/NF) Election Update - Let's Make a Deal: During a May 5 meeting with IRPO Officers, a Tehran-based businessman who travels regularly to Dubai detailed several important backstories for the upcoming presidential elections. (This contact is a former IRGC officer who was based in Khuzestan du [...]
2009-05-06 13:18:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI200IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY 13,
[...] [S/NF] Iranian Media Largely Ignore Saberi's Release: Iranian official and semi-official media provided minimal reporting on the court decision to free Roxanna Saberi. IRNA, for example, limited its coverage to a short, factual story quoting from foreign press sources. Judiciary spokesman Alir [...]
2009-05-13 12:59:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR CASC ECON
09RPODUBAI217IRAN ELECTION SCENESETTER: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 13:27:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI232IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JUNE
[...] (S/NF) Rivals Eroding AN's Purportedly Solid Base of Support: After discussing election developments with a broad range of contacts, it appears that in combination, AN's three rivals can strip him of a substantial number of votes from his base. A few of this week's entries refer to this situa [...]
2009-06-03 13:23:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI233IRAN: THE GLOVES COME OFF IN AHMADINEJAD-MOUSAVI DEBATE
[...] (C) Summary: The much-anticipated live debate between President Ahmadinejad and his chief rival, former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, was a watershed event in which Ahmadinejad broke long-standing taboos by leveling allegations of corruption at senior regime officials and attacking the ac [...]
2009-06-04 13:44:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI235IRAN’S FIRST FAN: DISSATISFACTION WITH AHMADINEJAD MAY
[...] (C) Summary: As emotions run high following a week of adversarial debates between Iran's four presidential candidates, the outcome of the national soccer team's World Cup qualifying match against the UAE could add to voters' dissatisfaction with Ahmadinejad just 36 hours before they head to the pol [...]
2009-06-09 14:24:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI245IRAN'S ELECTION: URBAN VOTERS MOBILIZING TO OUST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The overwhelming last-minute mobilization of the urban vote will likely lead to President Ahmadinejad's defeat, as many Iranians who typically stay home on election day now view Friday's election as a rare chance to exert some influence over the direction of their country. IRPO [...]
2009-06-11 13:19:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI249IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: KEY INDICATORS OF FRAUD
[...] (S/NF) Iran analysts, both Iranian and foreign, have reacted with incredulity to the results of the Iranian presidential election and accused the IRIG of grossly rigging the election and falsifying the resuls. The Iran Regional Presence Office's review of Iran's recent presidential elections a [...]
2009-06-15 14:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI255IRAN'S ELECTION: ACADEMICS HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF FRIDAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Five Iranian academics seeking visas in Dubai spoke with IRPO regarding the unfolding drama in Iran. They consider the demonstration coinciding with Supreme Leader Khamenei's Friday Prayers to be the most important rally yet because the demonstrators will have the opportunity s [...]
2009-06-18 13:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI273IRAN ELECTION AFTERMATH: OPPOSITION ATTACKS GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: The Guardians Council formally certified Ahmadinejad's landslide reelection on June 29, theoretically closing the door to any further challenges of the results. Nevertheless, the key opposition leadership figures categorically rejected the verdict and vowed publicly to fight on, o [...]
2009-07-02 13:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI280IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (S/NF) Continuing Anger at Government, Growing Impatience with Mousavi: IRPO contacts recently returned from Iran to Dubai describe widespread frustration among the general populace and noted a sharp escalation in the anti-government rhetoric during casual conversations. The visible security [...]
2009-07-08 14:01:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI293IRAN: RAFSANJANI'S FRIDAY PRAYERS SERMON REIGNITES
[...] (C) Summary: With his call on the government to "restore the people's trust" in the Islamic Republic's leadership after the disputed election, Rafsanjani used the Tehran Friday Prayers pulpit to defy both public expectations and the Supreme Leader's edict to accept Ahmadinejad's win. His unexp [...]
2009-07-20 12:24:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI306IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY
[...] (C) Week Ahead Holds Flashpoints for Unrest: July 30 is the fortieth day after the death of the demonstrators killed on June 20, including the now-iconic Neda Soltan, whose death was captured by cell phone video. Fortieth day mourning services are traditional within Islam and provided critical [...]
2009-07-29 12:52:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI315IRANIAN JEWISH YOUTH "CONFESSES" TO SPYING FOR ISRAEL;
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A former Jewish MP said that at least one Jewish youth was among the hundred defendants subjected to the first show trial that began August 1 and the 18-year old has already made a videotaped confession to spying on behalf of Israel. His arrest has sparked fears that more membe [...]
2009-08-03 10:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI318IRAN: TRIAL INDICTMENT ALLEGES VAST CONSPIRACY AGAINST IRIG
[...] (C) Summary: The August 1 trial of more than a hundred individuals arrested in the wake of the disputed presidential election continued the IRIG's efforts to re-assert control via repression. In a sprawling indictment, the IRIG linked US and Iran-based NGOs, Israel, foreign media outlets, the [...]
2009-08-03 12:46:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI319IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI:WINDOW ON IRAN-AUGUST 5,
[...] (S) Endorsement, Inauguration Initiate Ahmadinejad's Second Term: Supreme Leader Khamenei officially endorsed Ahmadinejad for the presidency on August 3 and today Ahmadinejad took the oath of office during his inauguration. Both events have been scrutinized for their clues to the elite infight [...]
2009-08-05 12:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI329RESEARCHER DESCRIBES HIV/AIDS SITUATION IN IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: An Iranian HIV/AIDS researcher in Dubai applying for a visa sat down with IRPO to discuss the HIV/AIDS situation in Iran. Less than 1 percent of the Iranian population is infected, though developing accurate statistics is difficult because the leading causes of HIV/AIDS in Iran, in [...]
2009-08-12 10:52:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON KHIV IR
09RPODUBAI347IRAN: RAFSANJANI'S COMMENTS RE: KHAMENEI: RECAPITULATION NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 23 comments by Expediency Council President Ayatollah Rafsanjani in which he urged fealty to Supreme Leader Khamenei, was not so much a capitulation to the Supreme Leader as it was a rhetorical dressing of his more substantive comments, in which he continued to call for [...]
2009-08-24 14:43:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI363KHAMENEI'S AND AHMADINEJAD'S TALKING POINTS ON POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent public speeches both Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad have each repeated key talking points about the post-election unrest. Both have emphasized that this unrest is the result of a vast long-planned conspiracy by Iran's foreign enemies to besmirch the [...]
2009-09-02 06:28:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI373IRAN: IRIG EFFORTS TO SHUT DOWN THE OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The IRIG is pursuing several strategies simultaneously to cow the opposition and to prevent further protests. Some elements of this strategy include the ongoing show trials of prominent reformers, pressuring opposition leaders by arresting or threatening family members, canceling [...]
2009-09-08 13:58:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI379IRAN: KHAMENEI SAYS SYSTEM WILL "ACT DECISIVELY" AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11 Supreme Leader Khamenei gave the main Tehran Friday Prayer sermon. In his comments Khamenei sought to characterize his treatment of opposition in line with the practices of both the first Shia Imam Ali and also with that of his predecessor Ayatollah Khomeini. He [...]
2009-09-14 13:44:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI384IRAN: QODS DAY BECOMES DOMESTIC BATTLEFRONT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This year's Qods Day - traditionally a government-orchestrated display of solidarity with Palestinians - has morphed into a domestic political contest in the wake of the disputed presidential election as oppositionists attempt to co-opt the sanctioned rallies by mobilizing their s [...]
2009-09-17 14:30:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI386IRAN'S QODS DAY ENDS IN A DRAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in Iran's Qods Day celebrations on September 18, defying government threats that anti-government protesters would be dealt with severely. Despite the warnings and significant efforts by the state to prevent large-scale anti-governm [...]
2009-09-20 08:27:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI389IRAN: CLERICAL CONFAB STIFFS RAFSANJANI FOR SUPREME LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Oppositionist hopes that Iran's clerical class would mobilize to oppose Supreme Leader Khamenei's post-election policies appear sharply diminished in the wake of the first Assembly of Experts meeting since the June 12 Presidential election. Not only did the Assembly, which has the [...]
2009-09-24 14:20:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR
09RPODUBAI409IRAN: IRGC ACQUIRES BANK LICENSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) recently approved bank licenses (one preliminarily) for two financial institutions affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Cors (IRGC),Ansar Finance and Credit Institute (AFCI) and Mehr Finance and Credit Institute (MFCI). The licenses allow [...]
2009-10-05 12:56:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON IR PGOV PREL
09RPODUBAI411IRAN: NEW MILITARY APPOINTMENTS INDICATE ONGOING IRGC
[...] (C) Summary: According to Iranian press the IRIG is set to merge the Basij Resistance Force into the IRGC Ground Forces. In a move assumed by Iranian press to be related, on October 4 Supreme Leader Khamenei announced four high-level personnel changes within the IRGC, including appointing Brig [...]
2009-10-05 15:01:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI46IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 20,
[...] [U] This January 20, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] Up Against Twenty Billion Dollars of Support, Reformists Wary of AN Fraud: According to a Tehran and Dubai-Iranian businessman close to reformist presidential candidate Mehdi K [...]
2009-02-02 13:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR IR
09RPODUBAI474IRAN: GOVERNMENT CLASHES WITH PROTESTORS ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: First reports from Iran indicate that security forces moved aggressively against 'Green Path' opposition supporters who took to the streets in a bid to co-opt the government-sanctioned commemoration of the 1979 seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, with anecdota [...]
2009-11-04 13:00:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR PHUM
09RPODUBAI479IRAN: OPPOSITION DEFIES THREATS, DEMONSTRATES RESILIENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One day after the November 4 official ceremony and 'Green Path' protests, Tehran and other Iranian cities where protests occurred were quiet. Based on reporting from several sources on the November 4 protests, it appears that protests were smaller in Tehran than on Qods Day, but [...]
2009-11-05 14:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL
09RPODUBAI48IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 27,
[...] [U] This January 27, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] More on Russia-Iran Security Ties: In a follow up discussion with a former IRGC general regarding Russian security cooperation with Iran, he explained that Russia saw Iran as a [...]
2009-02-02 13:43:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR IR
09RPODUBAI482IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: TEHRAN FRIDAY PRAYER SPEECHES FOCUS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 14:22:00Iran RPO DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PGOV PREL PARM
09RPODUBAI486IRAN: JUSTICE GETS PERSONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Revolutionary Courts have issued preliminary sentences for roughly half of the more than one hundred political prisoners detained by the regime in the wake of the disputed presidential election. In terms of severity, the sentences run the gamut from Canadian/Iranian citize [...]
2009-11-10 13:40:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI51IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY 3,
[...] [S/NF] Election Update - Rumors of Ahmadinejad's Delusions May Hurt His Chances, Khatami Poised to Enter, Velayati May Be Compromise Choice: Several of our Iran and Dubai based contacts have noted Ahmadinejad is facing a major reelection challenge, and that only the Supreme Leaders' active supp [...]
2009-02-03 13:49:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI513IRAN: CONSERVATIVE IN-FIGHTING ALIVE AND WELL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into President Ahmadinejad's second term, the dominant ruling faction in Iran (''Osulgarayan,' aka 'Principlist') remains divided by competition for power and resources. At its core are personal rivalries and the settling of political scores but there are also broader [...]
2009-11-25 13:15:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV PARM IR
09RPODUBAI521IRAN: INITIAL REPORTS SHOW STUDENT DAY CONFRONTATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial reports indicate that violent clashes between security forces and protestors are underway in Tehran, despite the government's aggressive moves to prevent anti-government demonstrations on Students' Day. Tehran University, typically the center of student protests, is repor [...]
2009-12-07 13:12:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI525IRAN: REGIME TAKES STUDENT DAY PROTESTS IN STRIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's December 7 'Student Day' demonstrations appear to have been largely confined to campuses and their immediate surroundings, but drew significant participation and in several cases ended in violent confrontations between protestors and security forces and/or government support [...]
2009-12-08 15:05:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR
09RPODUBAI532IRAN'S RAFSANJANI REDUCED TO PLAYING A WAITING GAME?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 9 speech to Qom seminary students, Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused Assembly of Experts (AoE) Chairman Hashemi Rafsanjani of working with Iran's enemies against the government. Earlier in the week, pro-IRGC media accused Rafsanjani's daughter Faezeh of se [...]
2009-12-10 14:37:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI534IRAN: RIPPED KHOMEINI PIC PUTS OPPOSITION ON ITS HEELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14 the Tehran Prosecutor General announced the arrest of several unnamed individuals accused of desecrating a portrait of the Islamic Republic's revered founder 'Imam' Khomeini, purportedly filmed during the December 7 anti-government protests on Student Day. The Decem [...]
2009-12-14 12:29:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PREL
09RPODUBAI543Iran Opposition Hopes Montazeri's Death Will Help The Cause
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The December 21 funeral of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri brought tens of thousands of mourners to Qom streets but resulted in no appreciable clash with the substantial security forces turned out for the occasion. Official statements of condolences ranged from perfunctory ones by regime [...]
2009-12-22 14:59:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI547Iran: Initial Reports Indicate Violent Ashura Clashes
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As of December 27, 1800 hours Tehran time, initial indications from Iran indicate that antigovernment demonstrations on the Shiite holiday of Tasua (Saturday, December 26) were minimal, although crowd violence initiated by pro-government/Basij elements forced former President Khata [...]
2009-12-28 08:41:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI549IRAN'S ASHURA DAY VIOLENCE BRINGS REGIME TO CROSSROADS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27 tens of thousands of 'Green Path' oppositionists transformed the 'Ashura' religious holiday into anti-regime and anti-Khamenei demonstrations in cities throughout Iran, triggering the most violent confrontations with security forces since the June 12 presidential ele [...]
2009-12-28 15:36:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
09RPODUBAI58IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 27,
[...] [U] This January 27, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] More on Russia-Iran Security Ties: In a follow up discussion with a former IRGC general regarding Russian security cooperation with Iran, he explained that Russia saw Iran as a "j [...]
2009-02-08 05:38:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR IR
09RPODUBAI71KHATAMI'S IN - BUT CAN HE WIN?
[...] (C) Summary: Though Khatami's decision to run for president gives reformist factions in Iran a cohesive leader with undeniable brand recognition, the former president faces a vastly different political landscape than in 1997, when he rode a tidal wave of popular support to victory. After two t [...]
2009-02-10 11:01:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL ECON IR
09RPODUBAI72IRAN'S ELECTION: KHATAMI IS IN, BUT CAN HE WIN?
[...] (C) Summary: Though Khatami's decision to run for president gives reformist factions in Iran a cohesive leader with undeniable brand recognition, the former president faces a vastly different political landscape than in 1997, when he rode a tidal wave of popular support to victory. After two t [...]
2009-02-10 11:39:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI75IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Larijani's Speech at Munich Security Conference Calls for Strategy Change: In his speech to the conference on 9 February, Iranian Majles Speaker Ali Larijani listed the failures of US and Western strategy on a wide array of issues, but welcomed the opportunity for a strategic reset unde [...]
2009-02-10 12:45:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI84IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Khatami Scares Hardliners Into Compromise?: Former president Khatami's recent entry into the presidential race has spurred hardliners and conservatives into action. Two days after his entry, Khatami was menaced by street thugs tied to the Basij chanting "we don't want an American gover [...]
2009-02-17 12:56:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM ECON IR
09RPODUBAI94IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Russia Reportedly Provides Iran Missile Technology for ICBM: An Iranian businessman with strong links to government/security circles through his status as former IRGC commander in XXXXXXXXXXXX and former senior official for the XXXXXXXXXXXX told IRPO on February 22 that the Russians pro [...]
2009-02-24 12:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SNAR IR
09RPODUBAI95IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Russia Reportedly Provides Iran Missile Technology for ICBM: An Iranian businessman with strong links to government/security circles through his status as former IRGC commander in Khuzestan and former senior official for the Bonyad-e Shahid told IRPO on February 22 that the Russians pro [...]
2009-02-24 12:44:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPINS PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM IR
09SANAA2205IRANIAN-YEMENI RELATIONS STRAINED BY SA'ADA WAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian-Yemeni relations have deteriorated as Yemeni officials and ROYG media have repeated their suspicions of Iranian support for the Houthi rebels, including, but not limited to, support for an alleged Hizballah presence in northern Yemen (REF A and B). Attempts by Iran t [...]
2009-12-13 14:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09STATE68555OFFICE OF IRANIAN AFFAIRS JULY 1 IRAN ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 21:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM
09STOCKHOLM5SWEDISH OFFICIAL ON IRAN: ELECTIONS, DOMESTIC
[...] (C) Summary: In an initial call in December on the Swedes in their upcoming EU Presidency capacity (reftel),EUR/ERA Director Bill Lucas met with the MFA's Iran expert and deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa Division, Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt. Dannfelt said: -- The EU3 has the policy [...]
2009-01-07 15:55:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR IS SW
09STOCKHOLM86SWEDISH OPPOSITION LEADER ON PARTY'S FUTURE, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Senior career diplomat, UN mediator and Social Democratic Party (SDP) elder Jan Eliasson met with CDA on February 8 to discuss the Transatlantic Partnership, Iran, Israel, Russia and Swedish domestic politics. He made the following points: -- U.S. and EU should deepen relations [...]
2009-02-11 15:43:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU IR IS RU SU SW
09TELAVIV1305ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Netanyahu's Speech 2. Iran I. "Walking Between the Raindrops" Yossi Alper, a member of the Peace and Security Council and a regular contributor to the conservative independent Jerusalem Post wrote6/16): "At the end of the day, another right-wing leader, steeped in Revisionist ideol [...]
2009-06-16 13:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2779ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- TodayQs newspapers continue to closely follow the latest developments in the talks on the prisoner exchange deal for the release of Gilad Shalit. Israel is said to have conveyed its latest [...]
2009-12-23 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV334ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All print media led with the last election polls: Kadima trails behind Likud by one to three Knesset seats; a swelling Yisrael Beiteinu comes in third, ahead of and the Labor P [...]
2009-02-06 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV415ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Shimon Peres intends to wrap up his consultations today with the 12 political parties that earned seats in the incoming Knesset toward the formation of a new gove [...]
2009-02-19 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09THEHAGUE376NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MFA REPORTING FROM TEHRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian and EU governments have exchanged protests, including a second formal protest by the Dutch MFA to the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in The Hague. Tehran is looking for splits in the EU position. The Dutch proposed and expect an EU meeting on June 26 to maintain unity. Si [...]
2009-06-26 15:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IR NL
09THEHAGUE91NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH ASSESSMENT FROM TEHRAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A senior Dutch official posted to Tehran emphasized that the regime is still seeking nuclear weapons, is increasing oppression, and is facing pressure due to a sagging economy. The diplomat offered suggestions for U.S. diplomacy and intelligence work, and he described the diffic [...]
2009-02-11 14:48:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL ECON PARM KNNP PINR IR NL
09TOKYO1459TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND IRAN
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Sunday's Japan-ROK summit in Tokyo and a revelation by a former vice foreign minister about a U.S.-Japan secret accord on the introduction of nuclear weapons by U.S. warships and aircraft. 2. "Coordination Must Be Maintained to Deal with N [...]
2009-06-29 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO312TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, MUNICH SECURITY
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Tuesday morning included a continued fall in public approval of Prime Minister Aso and Nissan's massive layoff plan. 2. "Prime Minister Wins by Improving Security" On the recent Iraqi provincial elections, the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (2/10) [...]
2009-02-10 02:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TOKYO593TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top items on Wednesday morning included yesterday's press remarks by DPJ President Ozawa, in which he insisted that political donations by private companies, labor unions, and other entities should be completely prohibited. 2. "Khatami Makes Difficult Decision" On former Irani [...]
2009-03-18 00:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09UNVIEVIENNA138CONTACTS NOTE POSITIVE IRANIAN REACTION TO OBAMA
[...] (C) Summary. Vienna contacts at local newspapers and UNODC on March 24 and 25 reported a positive Iranian response to the President's Nowruz message and argued that it provides a good basis for engagement with Iran. The journalists noted that the message was a break from the last administra [...]
2009-04-01 16:10:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR
09UNVIEVIENNA497 MIXED EXPECTATIONS FOR SALEHI'S RETURN TO IAEA
[...] (C) Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head, Ali Akbar Salehi, previously served in Vienna as Iran's Permanent Representative to the IAEA, thus many diplomats in Vienna already know him well. Although at least one IAEA official is optimistic that Salehi will bring greater cooperation from Ir [...]
2009-11-03 14:48:00UNVIESECRETPREL AORC SA IR KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA553AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAN DESCRIBES ELECTIONS AS
[...] (C) Summary. On December 3, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on his final calls on Iranian officials as he left post. He noted that former Presidents Khatami and Rafsanjani both had extracted themselves from the normal political scene and [...]
2009-12-09 13:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR AU AORC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK429VIEWS FROM SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Swiss Ambassador to Iran, Livia Leu, shared with Ambassador Wolff her views on the fate of two U.S. citizens in Iran, Iran's position in the UN, its upcoming elections in June, and her assessment on how best to approach the issue of rapprochement. Leu judged that Iran's position [...]
2009-04-24 15:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR UNSC SZ
09VATICAN43VATICAN SEEKS GREATER DIALOGUE WITH ASIAN FAITHS
[...] (SBU) Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Holy See's Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, told Charge d'Affaires on March 17 that he plans to increase his engagement with Hindus, Buddhists and Shintoists this year. He said the Vatican has focused considerably on dialogue [...]
2009-03-24 13:20:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KIRF ID JA IN VT
10BAKU108IRAN: OVERVIEW OF 22 BAHMAN PROTESTS OUTSIDE
[...] (C) The following provides an overview of February 11/22 Bahman opposition protests and official activities in several provincial Iranian cities. Information was obtained by Baku Iran watcher via an outreach/reporting effort involving information obtained from Baku-based Iranians and multiple [...]
2010-02-16 13:56:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL AJ IR
10BAKU91IRAN: JAFARI REPORTEDLY SLAPS AHMEDINEJAD AT SNSC
[...] (S) Baku Iran watcher met with an Iranian opposition journalist and former political prisoner (protect) who has demonstrated a wide range of Iranian political and governmental contacts (including relatives). The contact has been known to Iran watcher for over a year, and has reportedly accur [...]
2010-02-10 12:22:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PARM PHUM AJ IR
10BAKU98IRAN: JAFARI REPORTEDLY SLAPS AHMEDINEJAD AT SNSC
[...] (S) Baku Iran watcher met with xxxxx (strictly protect - see reftels). He who Got Slapped ------------------ 2. (S) According to source, President Ahmedinejad surprised other SNSC members by taking a surprisingly liberal posture during a mid January post-Ashura meeting of the SNSC called to disc [...]
2010-02-11 10:23:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PARM PHUM AJ IR
10BERLIN175TEHRAN: OPEN FOR BUSINESS; POLICE ON CHARM
[...] (C) Summary: A European Iran analyst, who travels frequently to Iran, recently returned to Germany from a three-week trip to Tehran during which he met with contacts and attended an Institute for Politics and International Studies (IPIS) sponsored conference in mid January. He noted that th [...]
2010-02-11 12:21:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR GM
10DOHA70SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S AMIR
[...] (C) Senator Joh Kerry (D-MA),the Chairman of the Senate Foreig Relations Committee(SFRC),joined by Ambassador,P/E Chief, and SFRC staff member Dr. Jonah Blank met February 14 with the Amir of Qatar, Hamad bn Khalifa Al Thani. The meeting took place at Waba Palace, the residence of the Amir [...]
2010-02-23 10:47:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IR QA
10ISTANBUL14IRAN'S PRESS TV: HUNKERED DOWN AND RATIONALIZING
[...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (protect) told us that several pro-opposition reporters and staffers at the news channel have quit their jobs and left Iran, but a majority of the "Green Movement" supporters on the staff are still working there. The [...]
2010-01-11 13:11:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU IR
10KABUL436AFGHANISTAN’S OUTLOOK ON IRAN: A KARZAI INSIDER’S
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff and former Ambassador to Iran, Omar Daudzai, offered the Palace's outlook on Iran's role in Afghanistan. Daudzai suggested that Karzai could provide "an open door" for the United States to engage Iran, at such time as the U.S. may judge this useful. Da [...]
2010-02-03 13:58:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL IR AF
10RPODUBAI13IRAN'S GREEN PARTY OPPOSITION: ITS BIRTH AND EVOLUTION (1/3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Green Path Opposition (GPO) came into being as a result of the fixed June 12 Presidential election. What started as a movement to annul the election now gives shelter both to those seeking the full set of rights guaranteed them by Islamic Iran's Constitution and others seeki [...]
2010-01-12 14:38:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI15IRAN DOMESTIC POLITICS: 'FROM CRISIS TO STALEMATE' (2/3)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At this point the Green Path Opposition (GPO) is more of a persistent problem for the regime than an existential threat, and it is unrealistic to assume that the GPO will be able to effect any 'regime change' in the short-term. Iran's ruling regime is likely to continue seeing in [...]
2010-01-13 13:12:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI19Iran Finally Passes Targeted Subsidies Bill
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 5, the Majlis passed the Ahmadinejad administration's Targeted Subsidies Plan (TSP),with the Guardian Council approving it on January 13 and the President signing it into law on January 24. The bill stipulates that subsidies be removed and prices on staple goods, fue [...]
2010-01-27 14:08:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL ECON
10RPODUBAI27IRAN EXECUTES TWO IN BID TO DETER FUTURE PROTESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28 Iran executed two men the government has sought to link with the "foreign hands" behind the post-Presidential election unrest. Their executions, coupled with the announcement that six other have also been sentenced to death, while still more detainees face charges l [...]
2010-02-02 15:03:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV IR PHUM
10RPODUBAI33IRAN: 22 BAHMAN - TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iranian government and the 'Green Path Opposition' (GPO) February 11 will once again face-off on the streets of Tehran and other cities as the country commemorates the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. On this holiday, the Iranian equivalent of our own Fourth of July, e [...]
2010-02-10 14:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
10RPODUBAI39IRAN: AFTER GOVERNMENT 22 BAHMAN 'WIN,' NOW WHAT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's much-hyped February 11 anniversary celebration was cast by both the Islamic government and the 'Green Path Opposition' (GPO) as a potentially decisive day in their series of escalating confrontations. Although the day did not match such hyperbolic rhetoric, the IRIG did demo [...]
2010-02-16 15:04:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI51'KHAMENEI: NOW MORE THAN EVER' SAYS IRAN'S EXPERTS ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23-24 biannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts ended without incident, and despite the pre-meeting agitations of pro-Ahmadinejad elements, without any appreciable diminution of the political standing of its head, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani . The dominant t [...]
2010-02-25 15:05:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR
10RPODUBAI53'KHAMENEI: NOW MORE THAN EVER' SAYS IRAN'S EXPERTS ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23-24 biannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts ended without incident, and despite the pre-meeting agitations of pro-Ahmadinejad elements, without any appreciable diminution of the political standing of its head, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani . The dominant t [...]
2010-02-25 15:17:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR
10RPODUBAI7IRAN CLERICAL ORGANIZATION 'DEMOTES' OPPOSITIONIST SENIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 2 the Qom Seminary Teachers Association announced that 72-year old Grand Ayatollah Yusef Sanei, one of the main senior reformist clerics supporting the Green Path Opposition (GPO),"did not meet the necessary criteria" to be considered a 'Source of Emulation'' (i.e. a r [...]
2010-01-05 14:37:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
85DAMASCUS7872 SYRIA AND IRAN: ALMOST A RETURN TO STATUS QUO
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BY CUTTING OFF OIL TO SYRIA, IRAN SIGNALED ITS DISPLEASURE OVER THE MOUNTING SYRIAN DEBT TO IRAN, SYRIAN POLICIES IN LEBANON, AND MOVES TOWARD RAPPROCHEMENT WITH JORDAN AND IRAQ. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HOWEVER, PM KASM'S VISIT TO TEHRAN DECEMBER 1-3 PRODUCED [...]
1985-12-18 10:26:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL KPRP SY IR
97ROME5198ITALY: A MORE ACTIVIST POLICY TOWARD ROGUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT GOI ACTIVITY SUGGESTS ITALY IS PURSUING MORE ACTIVIST POLICIES TOWARD THE SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES: IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA. ACCORDING TO THE MFA, ITALY HAS, IN FACT, A SINGLE, BROAD POLICY FOR THESE COUNTRIES, CENTERED UPON THE BELIEF THAT ENGAGEMENT, NOT ISOLATION, IS TH [...]
1997-06-11 16:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT
98BRUSSELS2939 U.S.-EU TROIKA: TERRORISM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY WILLIAM R. REGAN, USEU. REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE MAY 7 U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON TERRORISM COVERED THE WATERFRONT, BUT SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE EU'S RELATIONS WITH IRAN, WHERE IT PLEDGED CONTINUED VIGILANCE, AND ITS [...]
1998-05-12 12:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EUN KPAL IS PINR
98ISLAMABAD3977RELIGIOUS DELEGATION TO IRAN, SHIA POLITICAL LEADER IS
[...] (C) QAISER BOKHARI, THE LAHORE CHIEF OF THE SHIA TEHRIK-E- JAFARIA-E-PAKISTAN (TJP) TOLD POLOFF MAY 26 THAT HE WAS HEADING A RELIGIOUS DELEGATION TO IRAN ON MAY 27 FOR ONE WEEK. THE TRIP OF THE MILLI YAKJETI COUNCIL (NATIONAL SOLIDARITY COUNCIL) COMES AT THE INVITATION OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNME [...]
1998-05-29 04:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MNUC PK IR
99DAMASCUS2528 SYRIAN SUCCESSION: AFTER ASAD THE STRUGGLE
[...] (C) HAFIZ AL-ASAD'S EFFORT TO PREPARE SON BASHAR TO ASSUME EVENTUALLY THE PRESIDENCY IS INCREASINGLY THE PRISM THROUGH WHICH POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE VIEWED AND INTERPRETED. THE PROSPECTS FOR A SMOOTH SUCCESSION ARE A DIRECT FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH TIME ASAD HAS -- AND HOW MUCH APTITUDE BASHAR [...]
1999-05-24 11:33:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM PTER SY
99RIYADH2025"PRETTY IN PINK" - FAIZAH RAFSANJANI
[...] (U) FAIZAH RAFSANJANI, DAUGHTER OF FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASHEMI RAFSANJANI, VISITED SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 13-14 IN HER OFFICIAL ROLE AS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF IRAN'S NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND CALLED FOR COOPERATION AMONG SAUDI AND IRANIAN WOMEN IN VARIOUS FIELDS. SHE PAID A FORMAL CALL ON F [...]
1999-06-23 14:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SOCI IR SA
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