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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06IRANRPODUBAI10 |
IRPO: WESTERN BANK REP CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD DIRECTING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-02 14:11:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IR |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI11 |
ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION -- HARBINGER OF FUTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-06 14:50:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI13 |
AHMADINEJAD USES UNIVERSITIES FOR POLITICAL ENDS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-15 14:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV SOCI |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI14 |
IRANIAN ACTIVISTS LAUD US HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE, ADVISE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-29 17:16:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PREL PGOV PHUM |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI15 |
IRGC: AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWERHOUSE (C-NE6-00566) [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-30 18:09:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PTER ECON EPAT MCAP IR |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI16 |
REACTION TO LARIJANI'S PROPOSAL FOR IRAN-GULF ALLIANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-07 15:35:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PREL |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI17 |
EX-CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN EMPLOYEE CLAIMS STATISTICS FIXED IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-11 07:51:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR PGOV |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI18 |
CONSERVATIVE RIVALRIES AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-12 16:16:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI19 |
REFORMISTS STRIKE DISSONANT CHORD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-13 13:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI20 |
IRANIAN INSIDER CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD IS LOSING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-14 17:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR KNNP PHUM |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI21 |
ELECTIONS AND POWER ALIGNMENTS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-14 17:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI24 |
VOTE COUNT ONGOING, POSSIBLE FRAUD CONCERNS BOTH SIDES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-19 17:11:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
| 06IRANRPODUBAI9 |
SITUATION 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 13:51:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM |
| 06RPODUBAI13 |
AHMADINEJAD USES UNIVERSITIES FOR POLITICAL ENDS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-15 14:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV SOCI |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI1 |
FORMER IRGC GENERAL DISMAYED WITH POLITICIZATION OF IRGC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-03 16:50:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR PTER |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI10 |
CRITICISMS OF US NUCLEAR POLICY FROM AN IRANIAN SECULARIST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-06 09:35:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IR KNNP PGOV |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI11 |
PRIVITIZATION DEBATE SHARPENS FACTIONAL RIVALRY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 10:29:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN PGOV IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI12 |
IRGC, BASIJ, ANSAR-E HIZBALLAH: INSIDERS' VIEWS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-22 10:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR IZ MOPS |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI14 |
A PRO-VELAYATI CONSERVATIVE DISCUSSES IRANIAN POLITICS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-27 14:26:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR KNNP |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI15 |
GASOLINE SUBSIDIES: IS IRAN FEELING THE HEAT? [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-27 14:27:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI16 |
IRAN'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-28 14:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR IS IZ PTER AE |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI17 |
IRANIAN WOMEN TAKE UP BANNER OF REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-28 15:08:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI18 |
IRAN ESCALATING TENSIONS TO DISTRACT FROM DOMESTIC WOES? [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-02 11:30:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV ECON MARR IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI19 |
IRAN: SOCIAL FACTORS INCREASING HIV RATES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-02 12:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PHUM SOCI PGOV TBIO |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI2 |
FORMER IRGC GENERAL ON US-IRAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-03 17:02:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI20 |
RELIGIOSITY CONTINUES AMONG IRANIANS -- MODERN IRANIANS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-05 14:10:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI21 |
IRANIAN REACTIONS TO BRITISH DETENTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-09 12:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR MOPS UK IZ |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI22 |
IRANIAN ECONOMIST SAYS BOTH AHMADI-NEJAD AND THE ECONOMY ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-12 14:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI23 |
REFORMIST MP ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-18 06:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI24 |
IRAN OIL OFFICIAL SHOPS AROUND FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-19 10:48:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | EINV EPET ENGR PREL IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI25 |
IRANIAN MP COMMENTS ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-22 05:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PREL PGOV |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI26 |
UNODC OFFICIAL VIEWS IRAN DRUG CHIEF REPLACEMENT A SIGN OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-23 16:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR SNAR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI27 |
IRAN: HANDING DRUG CONTROL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-23 16:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PINR SNAR PREL |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI28 |
IRAN CONVICTS ECONOMIST FOR ACCEPTING FOREIGN FUNDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-25 12:45:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SCUL IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI3 |
FORMER POLICE GENERAL SAYS RAFSANJANI UP, AHMADINEJAD DOWN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-04 16:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR IZ LE PTER |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI30 |
IRANIAN ECONOMIC POLICY: AN EASY TARGET FOR CRITICS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-03 13:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI31 |
CONFLICTING CLAIMS WHETHER MOUSAVIAN WILL BE RELEASED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-09 13:06:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR KNNP |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI32 |
SUPREME LEADER'S SON: THE POWER BEHIND THE ROBES? [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 07:16:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR PINR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI33 |
IRANIANS COMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES IMPACTING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 15:35:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR ECON EFIN ETRD |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI35 |
AHMADI-NEJAD REACHES OUT TO IRANIAN DIASPORA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-15 16:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI36 |
IRANIAN PERCEPTIONS OF TALKS WITH THE US (C-NE7-00968) [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-22 15:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI37 |
IRAN TAKES THE HEAT FOR RAISING GAS PRICES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-23 13:58:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV ECON EPET IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI38 |
SUPPORT DEEP IN IRAN FOR US TALKS, IN ONE VIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-24 15:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR IZ PHUM |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI39 |
SENATOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TO IRANIANS IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-30 15:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR OREP |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI41 |
IRAN: MAKING ITSELF UNATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-05 09:23:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV PTER IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI42 |
IRANIAN BUSINESS IN DUBAI: A BLESSING AND A CURSE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-27 13:48:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PREL ECON SMIG |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI43 |
TIMING OF IRAN'S GASOLINE RATIONING TAKES ALL BY SURPRISE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-28 04:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENGR EPET PGOV IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI45 |
PROFESSOR DISCUSSES DETAINED AMERICANS, NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS, [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-28 14:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PREL KNNP KPLS |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI47 |
RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLL TRACKS WITH IRPO'S ANECDOTAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-11 13:16:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KPLS IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI48 |
AHMADI-NEJAD IS FORCED TO MAKE SOUND ECONOMIC DECISIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-16 12:45:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI49 |
"WELL-CONNECTED" IRANIANS GIVE DIFFERING VIEWS OF POWER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-18 12:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PREL PGOV KNNP |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI5 |
IRAN-UAE: TWO-WAY INVESTMENT (C-TN7-00045) [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-14 06:08:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI50 |
IRAN ANNOUNCES ESFANDIARI, TAJBAKHSH INVESTIGATION OVER, BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-13 13:14:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR CASC |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI51 |
IRANIAN NGOS UNDER PRESSURE, BUT CONTINUE TO OPERATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-16 13:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI52 |
USG-INVITED IRANIAN FILMMAKERS FACE REPRISALS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-16 14:26:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI53 |
DISSIDENT CLERIC PREVENTED FROM LEAVING IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-21 09:23:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR PHUM SCUL |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI54 |
IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TRYING TO EXERT CONTROL OVER LEGAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-23 15:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV SOCI |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI55 |
EX-IRGC GENERAL CLAIMS IRGC IMPLEMENTS ORDERS, DOESN'T MAKE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-23 15:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR IZ MCAP |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI56 |
PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD ATTEMPTS TO TONE DOWN TENSIONS BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 18:50:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PREL PGOV KNNP IZ |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI58 |
CATHOLIC NUNS IN IRAN REPORT DIFFICULTIES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 14:36:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR KIRF SOCI PGOV |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI6 |
BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW ON IRAN'S TIGHTER BANKING SECTOR AND IRGC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-15 13:50:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI60 |
NEW IRGC HEAD JAFARI DESCRIBED AS A BETTER SOLDIER AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-04 16:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV MARR PTER |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI63 |
ABRUPT RESIGNATION OF IRAN'S TOP NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR MAY SIGNAL HARDENING REGIME POSITION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-22 12:53:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR MASS |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI64 |
DUTCH AMBASSADOR SEEKS OUT IRPO TO PREP FOR DG VISIT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 15:34:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PHUM KNNP PGOV PREL |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI68 |
FINANCIAL ANALYST SAID CAPITAL STILL FLOWING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-21 15:11:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON IR EFIN |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI69 |
PRESS TV - IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...] |
2007-11-26 11:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP SCUL IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI7 |
IRANIAN 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 15:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | SOCI IR PGOV PHUM |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI70 |
IRPO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: YEAR ONE - A PROMISING START [...] (C) Summary: One of IRPO's primary mandates upon commencing operations in August 2006 was the revival of US-Iran public diplomacy programming - which focused largely on supporting US-Iran educational and cultural exchanges. In this three-part report on IRPO Year One PD programming, part I will [...] |
2007-11-27 12:07:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI71 |
COALITION-BUILDING FOR IRANIAN ELECTIONS: PART ONE- [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-28 14:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI72 |
NOBEL LAUREATE EBADI DISCUSSES HER VIEWS WITH IRPO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-04 13:57:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PHUM PREL PGOV KNNP |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI9 |
RAFSANJANI ISOLATING AHMADINEJAD? [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-01 16:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR ECON |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI1 |
SUPPORTING "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 08:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | OEXC PGOV PINR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI11 |
THE POLITICS OF IRANIAN NATURAL GAS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-12 13:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ENGR EPET PREL IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI12 |
IRAN: ELECTION EVE OBSERVATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-13 16:50:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PREL |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI13 |
ASSESSMENT OF FIRST DAY RESULTS OF IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-15 18:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PHUM |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI14 |
IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS--PARTIAL RESULTS IN, BUT RUNOFFS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-16 13:55:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI15 |
IRANIAN MAJLES--POST ELECTIONS ANALYSIS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 15:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PREL |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI16 |
QALIBAF -- A CHALLENGER FOR THE IRANIAN PRESIDENCY IN 2009? [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-30 13:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI19 |
NED FELLOWS CAUGHT IN MEDIA CROSSFIRE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-10 12:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI2 |
AHMADINEJAD AND OIL MINISTER TAKE THE HIT FOR GAS SHORTAGES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-22 12:09:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI20 |
EYEING 2009: AHMADINEJAD PRESSES AHEAD WITH ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-17 12:36:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI21 |
CASPIAN SEA RESOURCES REMAIN AN ITEM OF CONTENTION BETWEEN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-24 08:43:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIS EMIN ENGR EPET IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI22 |
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED IN IRAN: THE CASE OF CENTRAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-24 09:00:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI23 |
IRAN: REAL ESTATE MARKET CCONTINUES TO THRIVE (C-NE7-01996) [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-24 10:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI24 |
IRAN: HOUSING PRICES IN TEHRAN AND OTHER MAIN CITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-24 11:33:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI25 |
CONSERVATIVES DOMINATE IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY RUNOFFS, AS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-27 14:13:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI26 |
AHMADINEJAD AT ODDS WITH MAJLES SPEAKER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-01 08:57:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI27 |
US-BASED IRANIAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST DISCUSSES IRGC, SUPREME [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-13 13:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV PREL PHUM |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI28 |
READOUT OF JAPANESE DFM SASAE'S TRIP TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-27 13:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL KNNP IR JA |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI3 |
MAJLES CLASHES WITH AHMADINEJAD ON BUDGET [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-23 10:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI30 |
AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER ACCUSING CLERICS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-12 14:46:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI4 |
MP SAYS IRANIAN REFORMERS SURPRISED AT SCALE OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-23 14:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI48 |
IRAN'S BAZAAR STRIKES HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. According to press reports, merchants feared that the in [...] |
2008-10-23 09:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD SOCI IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI5 |
IRAN: LACK OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN HIV/AIDS CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-04 14:09:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV SOCI TBIO |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI50 |
IRAN: BAZAARI PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. 3. (U) The strike occurred during President Ahmedinejad [...] |
2008-10-23 09:23:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI6 |
IRANIAN STEEL INDUSTRY ACCORDING TO AN INSIDER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-14 13:08:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EMIN PGOV IR |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI7 |
EBRAHIM YAZDI ON US POLICY AND IRAN'S FUTURE [...] (S//NF) Summary: Former foreign minister and leader of Freedom Party of Iran Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi (please protect) discussed his views of US policies on Iran with IRPoff Feb 20 when he came to Dubai to collect his US visa. Yazdi expressed his view that US policy on Iran is flawed and unclear, arg [...] |
2008-02-28 14:33:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI8 |
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 2008 IRANIAN MAJLES ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-28 16:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV |
| 08IRANRPODUBAI9 |
OPEN KIDNEY SALES IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-04 14:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO SOCI ECON IR |
| 08RPODUBAI34 |
IRAN COMPLAINS OF BURDEN OF AFGHAN IMMIGRANTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-19 14:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PHUM PREF AF |
| 08RPODUBAI36 |
SUBSIDY REFORM IS KEY FEATURE OF AHMADINEJAD'S NEW ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-25 14:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV ECON |
| 08RPODUBAI37 |
IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS ON CASPIAN SEA ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-26 12:59:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV SENV PREL |
| 08RPODUBAI39 |
IRAN ON BRINK OF DECISION TO ENGAGE ON P5+1 OFFER [...] (C) Summary: Coverage in the Iranian press of Iran's reaction to the P5+1 proposal suggests that the Iranian government may propose talks based on the proposal's first step of pre-negotiations, featuring a "freeze for freeze." The Iranians continue to emphasize the common points of their May [...] |
2008-07-02 14:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MASS IR |
| 08RPODUBAI40 |
MBC TO LAUNCH FILM CHANNEL AIMED AT PERSIAN SPEAKERS [...] (C) Summary: The Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) plans to launch an entertainment satellite TV channel on July 9 aimed at Iranian audiences that will show movies with Persian subtitles. The broadcast by the Saudi-owned, Dubai-based MBC will join a small number of satellite channels, larg [...] |
2008-07-09 14:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP PGOV PREL SCUL IR |
| 08RPODUBAI41 |
SECOND AHMADINEJAD ASSOCIATE ARRESTED AFTER EXPOSING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-15 09:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON IR |
| 08RPODUBAI42 |
IRAN IVLP ALUMNUS JAILED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-16 06:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL IR |
| 08RPODUBAI43 |
FORMER 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 14:09:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR KPAO |
| 08RPODUBAI44 |
USG-FUNDED DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS IRANIANS AND [...] (C) Summary: The UAE's first documentary film initiative, "Documentary Voices: Pulling Focus" was "a success" film festival primary coordinator Mashid Zamani told IRPoffs July 22. Zamani said that while she faced many challenges during the planning stages typical to any new project, the festi [...] |
2008-07-29 13:53:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KPAO SCUL |
| 08RPODUBAI45 |
STAR TV TO LAUNCH PERSIAN LANGUAGE ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL [...] (C) Summary: STAR Group (a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp) intends to launch a Persian-dubbed satellite entertainment channel from Dubai in November or December that will target audiences in Iran and the region. STAR officials told the Charge d'Affaires in Abu Dhabi, Dubai Consul Gene [...] |
2008-08-11 17:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KPAO SCUL |
| 08RPODUBAI46 |
MAJLES APPROVES AHMADINEJAD'S NEW CABINET NOMINEES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 14:22:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV |
| 08RPODUBAI47 |
IRANIAN MERCHANT CLASS PREFERS POLITICAL STATUS QUO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-18 06:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL IR |
| 08RPODUBAI48 |
IRAN'S BAZAAR STRIKES HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. According to press reports, merchants feared that the in [...] |
2008-10-23 09:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD SOCI IR |
| 08RPODUBAI49 |
[SOURCE REMOVED] OUTLINES IRC’S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (S) Summary and Background: IRPO officer met with [SOURCE REMOVED] on October 15 and 20, 2008 to discuss [DETAILS REMOVED] his knowledge [DETAILS REMOVED] Iran's Ministy of Information and Security (MOIS) and the Islamic Revolutionary Gua [...] |
2008-10-23 09:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PINR PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ ZP |
| 08RPODUBAI50 |
IRAN: BAZAARI PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Store owners in bazaars in Esfahan, Mashad, Tabriz, and Tehran shut down their businesses in early October to protest President Ahmedinejad's decision to levy a three percent value added tax, which was implemented on Sept 22. 3. (U) The strike occurred during President Ahmedinejad [...] |
2008-10-23 09:23:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD IR |
| 08RPODUBAI51 |
IRAN'S HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD MEDIA MINEFIELD - AN [...] (S) Summary: Hassan Fahs [strictly protect], former Al-Arabiyya bureau chief in Tehran, and Mazen Hayek, the Group Director of Marketing of Middle East Broadcasting Center, Al-Arabiyya's parent company, both attribute Fahs' recent expulsion from Iran to political motivations. Fahs repeatedly [...] |
2008-10-28 08:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PINR PROP PREL ECPS IR |
| 08RPODUBAI52 |
BAHAI FAMILY OFFERS GLIMPSE INTO BAHAI EXPERIENCE IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: IRPO Officer met on October 29 with an Iranian Baha'i family to discuss the conditions facing Baha'is in Iran. The family confirmed existing reporting regarding the persecution Baha'is face and provided detail into how the IRIG tracks the Baha'i population, operations of the Baha' [...] |
2008-11-04 14:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IR |
| 08RPODUBAI53 |
RETIRED 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 10:08:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR IR |
| 08RPODUBAI54 |
TEHRAN AP PRODUCER ON MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, JOURNALISM [...] (C) Summary: In a November 8 meeting with IRPOffs, Tehran Associated Press Television News (APTN) senior producer Reza Ganji detailed the AP's continuing efforts to maintain a foothold for American journalism inside Iran, challenges it faces in Iran's tense media environment, and some views abo [...] |
2008-11-10 14:10:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP ECPS IR |
| 08RPODUBAI55 |
IRAN'S RAFSANJANI CALLS 1979 EMBASSY SIEGE A "MISTAKE" [...] (C) Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani gave an unusual speech at Sharif University on November 23 in which he acknowledged several "mistakes" that had occurred during the early period of the Islamic Revolution, including the siege of the American Embassy, and announ [...] |
2008-11-24 15:26:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR IR |
| 08RPODUBAI56 |
TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIALS CONVEY IRIG INTEREST IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx based in Tehran, in separate conversations with IRPO officers, said that officials in Iran's Ministry of Interior are willing to work with the United States on issues relating to Afghanistan within a United Nations framework. Specifically, they noted that the IRIG is seeking c [...] |
2008-11-26 11:48:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR PREF IR AF |
| 08RPODUBAI57 |
TEHRAN 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 14:16:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR |
| 0901OF02RPODUBAI288 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY [...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...] |
2009-07-15 11:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI109 |
IRAN 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 13:33:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PINS IR |
| 09RPODUBAI115 |
IRAN 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 12:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM CONS IR AF |
| 09RPODUBAI121 |
IRAN 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 12:36:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EAGR ECON KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI122 |
IRAN'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 13:49:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI124 |
IRAN: 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 12:43:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI140 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 25, [...] [S/NF] Qalibaf Planning to Deliver US Goods in Time for Election?: The Tehran Municipality's interest in US agricultural trade continues, but now appears driven by a more overtly political agenda. IRPO Officer and Dubai-based regional Ag Attache met for a second time with two UAE-based Irania [...] |
2009-03-25 12:33:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KHUM EAGR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI141 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 25, [...] [S/NF] Qalibaf Planning to Deliver US Goods in Time for Election?: The Tehran Municipality's interest in US agricultural trade continues, but now appears driven by a more overtly political agenda. IRPO Officer and Dubai-based regional Ag Attache met for a second time with two UAE-based Irania [...] |
2009-03-25 12:55:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP EAGR |
| 09RPODUBAI143 |
CORRECTION - IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN [...] (S/NF) REF A, (RPO DUBAI 140) WAS TRANSMITTED ON 05/25/2009. A DUPLICATE MESSAGE, REF B (RPO DUBAI 141), WAS TRANSMITTED AFTERWARDS. REF A IS CORRECT COPY. PLEASE DISREGARD AND DELETE/DESTROY ALL COPIES OF REF B. ASGARD [...] |
2009-03-26 12:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KHUM EAGR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI148 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 31, [...] [S/NF] Roxana Saberi: Iranian-Americans as Diplomatic Leverage : As IRPO has reported and will report further septel, various spoilers in Iran facing the prospect that improved US-Iran ties will erode their standing within Iran have taken deliberate and well-timed steps to preempt such improved [...] |
2009-03-31 12:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM CACS ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI162 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE -- WINDOW ON IRAN -- APRIL 7, [...] (S/NF) Update on Roxana Saberi: Two separate IRPO contacts have asserted that Roxanna Saberi is part of a political struggle over IRIG relations with the US. One of them, a friend of Saberi who works for BBC Farsi, said that Saberi was taken by elements in the Ministry of Intelligence and Secur [...] |
2009-04-07 14:51:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAGR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI168 |
AHMADINEJAD'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 08:51:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI169 |
DRUG USE IN IRAN DECLINING, U.S. MODEL CREDITED [...] (C) Summary: A medical professor who consults for the IRIG on drug treatment and prevention programs said that demand reduction programs are showing results in reducing drug use in Iran. He said that Iran now models many of its demand reduction and addiction treatment efforts on programs deve [...] |
2009-04-14 10:55:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV SOCI IR |
| 09RPODUBAI171 |
IRAN 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 13:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAGR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI174 |
IRAN'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 15:11:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI176 |
DECONSTRUCTING 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 11:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI IR |
| 09RPODUBAI177 |
IRAN 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 11:00:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI180 |
IRANIAN SOURCE CLAIMS SABERI'S SENTENCE WILL BE COMMUTED [...] (S/NF) An IRPO contact on April 22 recounted to us his conversation with an Iranian source who claimed Roxanna Saberi's sentence will be commuted to six months. Our contact said the Iranian source, who has access to Iranian officials, asserted vigorously that Tehran had already decided to co [...] |
2009-04-23 10:55:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR CASC IR |
| 09RPODUBAI181 |
IRAN'S REFORM-RESISTANT ECONOMY [...] (S/NF) Summary: As economic issues rise to the top of the agenda in Iran's presidential campaigns, the range of the policy debate on economic issues remains narrow and is essentially limited to which candidate can better manage Iran's government dominated economy. Recent examples of currency [...] |
2009-04-23 12:00:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI187 |
IRAN 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 13:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI200 |
IRAN 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 12:59:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR CASC ECON |
| 09RPODUBAI217 |
IRAN ELECTION SCENESETTER: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LIST [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-20 13:27:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI218 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY [...] (SBU) Candidate Snapshot of the Iranian Presidential Election: The Ministry of Interior today announced the Guardians Council-approved final candidate list. As expected, the four leading candidates - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karrubi, and Mohsen Reza'i - are the only sanc [...] |
2009-05-20 13:34:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON |
| 09RPODUBAI223 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY [...] (S/NF) Trilateral Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan Summit in Tehran: On May 24 the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan participated in a trilateral summit hosted by the IRIG intended to, in the words of Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki, develop mechanisms to find "regional solutions for regional [...] |
2009-05-28 12:59:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI232 |
IRAN 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 13:23:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI233 |
IRAN: 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 13:44:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI235 |
IRAN’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 14:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI244 |
FACTORING THE ECONOMY INTO IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Iranian businessmen and financial consultants held in the past week reveal an overwhelming preference among our contacts for Mohsen Rezai's economic proposals, but most intend to vote for Mir Hossein Mousavi for political and social reasons. Our contacts admit t [...] |
2009-06-11 12:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IR |
| 09RPODUBAI245 |
IRAN'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 13:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI247 |
IRAN'S REFORMISTS BRAND ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUD AS TREASON, [...] (S/NF) In reftel, we suggested the two most likely outcomes for the Iranian election were a Moussavi win in the first round, or a massively fraudulent Ahmadinejad win in the first round. (Winning in the first round requites winning more than 50 percent of the nationwide vote.) It appears both took [...] |
2009-06-13 12:29:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PROP PINS IR |
| 09RPODUBAI249 |
IRAN'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 14:51:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI255 |
IRAN'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 13:50:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI258 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JUNE [...] (S/NF) Participant in Saturday Demonstration Describes Security Forces: A long-standing IRPO contact who splits his time between Tehran and Dubai described witnessing at least four different groups of security forces on the streets of Tehran during the demonstrations Saturday that were violent [...] |
2009-06-23 13:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI261 |
IRAN: UNREST RATTLES BUSINESS CONFIDENCE, BUT OVERALL [...] (C) Summary: Other than the Tehran Stock Exchange's steep decline, the initial impact of the post-electoral unrest on the economy appears to be more psychological than real. Iran's oil production remains steady and major business centers open. Despite repeated rumors that the Mousavi-led oppos [...] |
2009-06-24 14:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI269 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY [...] (S/NF) Unconfirmed Detention of Dual National American Citizen in Iran: An Iranian-American journalist (please protect) who was covering the presidential election for Tehran Bureau from inside Iran until his credentials were revoked several days ago said he personally witnessed the arrest of a [...] |
2009-07-01 13:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV CASC IR |
| 09RPODUBAI273 |
IRAN 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 13:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI280 |
IRAN 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 14:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI281 |
IRAN: RURAL INDUSTRIALIST PESSIMISTIC ON AGRICULTURE, [...] (C) Summary: A fertilizer factory owner who was applying for a visa in Dubai recently spoke with IRPO regarding Iran's agriculture sector, the role of economics in the presidential election, and subsidy reform. He considered Iran's water shortage and limited access to capital for fixed investme [...] |
2009-07-09 12:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD IR |
| 09RPODUBAI285 |
IRAN: BUSINESSMEN POST-ELECTION: THINGS HAVE COME TO A HALT [...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian business contacts told IRPO that business was on hold in the aftermath of the election, and all doubted that their businesses could survive much longer. Goods are not clearing customs, clients are not placing orders, no money is moving out, revenues are falling, and [...] |
2009-07-14 12:35:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EIND ETRD ETTC PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI288 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY [...] (S) Iranian Doctor Alleges Many More Deaths Than Officially Acknowledged: A gynecologist applying for a visa in Dubai described a frenetic scene in the hospitals during the unrest sparked by the disputed election. He was called in to provide support and ended up working three straight shifts - [...] |
2009-07-15 11:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI293 |
IRAN: 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 12:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI297 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - JULY [...] (S) IRGC Assumes Control: An Iranian journalist working for a Western wire service told us July 18 that the IRGC had asserted its authority "to protect the revolution" and assumed control of the IRIG's response to the protest. In the process, he said, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security [...] |
2009-07-22 13:44:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI301 |
IRAN: SUPREME LEADER-AHMADINEJAD TUSSLE OVER NOMINEE BRINGS [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Leader Khamenei's intervention in a dispute among conservatives over President Ahmadinejad's pick for first vice president has further strained his status as the unchallenged arbiter of Iranian politics. Though Ahmadinejad did ultimately bow to the Supreme Leader's directi [...] |
2009-07-27 14:07:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI302 |
IRAN: WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE IRGC IS GOOD FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian businessmen who have experience with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's (IRGC) economic activities maintained that its involvement is increasing economic inefficiencies and discouraging the private sector. They lamented that without a strong challenger and President [...] |
2009-07-27 14:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD IR |
| 09RPODUBAI305 |
IRAN: WELCOMING AMERICANS EVEN AS POST-ELECTION CRISIS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-29 09:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC IR |
| 09RPODUBAI306 |
IRAN 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 12:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI315 |
IRANIAN 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 10:51:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV SOCI IR |
| 09RPODUBAI316 |
IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S STAR FADING IN THE ARAB WORLD? [...] (U) This is a joint cable by the Iran Regional Presence Office and the Dubai Regional Media Hub. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Since Iran's June 12 presidential elections, Arab media have intensely focused their coverage on the demonstrations in Iran and the international community's response to t [...] |
2009-08-03 11:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PROP PGOV PINR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI317 |
IRAN: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES MOUNT AS AHMADINEJAD BEGINS SECOND [...] (C) Summary: As President Ahmadinejad enters his second term in office, his administration will likely be hamstrung by a strained budget, falling GDP growth, the global economic slowdown, and sanctions. Dealing with Iran's budget deficit currently is the government's main priority, though IRPO [...] |
2009-08-03 11:58:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI318 |
IRAN: 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 12:46:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI319 |
IRAN 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 12:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD SOCI IR |
| 09RPODUBAI327 |
IRAN: PROTESTER DESCRIBES POST-ELECTION IRIG INTIMIDATION [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian woman from Shiraz seeking refugee status in the West spoke with IRPO regarding the IRIG harassment she faced after participating in post-election protests. Her background made her a likely target for the IRIG; she is an English teacher, has friends in the US and UK, and [...] |
2009-08-11 08:36:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI329 |
RESEARCHER 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 10:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ECON KHIV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI331 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOWN ON IRAN-AUGUST [...] (S) Shahroudi's Term Approaches its End: An IRPO contact with indirect access to senior Iranian officials told us that Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi was leaving his office frustrated that he had been unable to make significant changes to strengthen Iran's justice system. [...] |
2009-08-12 12:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI TSPL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI334 |
IRAN: ANONYMOUS CLERICS CALL FOR SUPREME LEADER'S DISMISSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15 an anonymous open letter to the Assembly of Experts from "a group of seminary students in Qom, Mashhad and Esfahan," called for the removal of Supreme Leader Khamenei, claiming that he no longer met the qualifications for the position as stipulated by the Iranian Cons [...] |
2009-08-17 13:08:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI335 |
IRAN: AHMADINEJAD NAMES INTEL AND TWO FEMALE MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: In a live August 16 televised address, President Ahmadinejad discussed the criteria for his cabinet selections and named six of the 21 ministers. Of note is Ahmadinejad's candidate for the Ministry of Intelligence, Hojjat ol-Eslam Heydar Moslehi, who has ties to both Supreme Lead [...] |
2009-08-17 13:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI340 |
IRAN: REGIME STALWARTS TURNS OUT IN FORCE AT JUDICIARY HAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. IRIG regime stalwarts showed up in force at an August 17 ceremony to greet the new head of the Judiciary Hojjatoleslam Sadegh Larijani (brother of Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani) and to bid farewell to the previous Judiciary head Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. This was [...] |
2009-08-19 11:47:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI341 |
IRAN: AHMADINEJAD NAMES ADDITIONAL CABINET MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad delivered the names of 18 of his 21 proposed cabinet ministers to the Majlis today. The remaining three-for the ministries of defense, commerce, and justice-had not yet been finalized, although legally today is the deadline for such a submission. Of note, the incumbent [...] |
2009-08-19 14:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI347 |
IRAN: 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 14:43:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI348 |
IRAN: IN CABINET AHMADINEJAD CHOOSES LOYALTY AND IDEOLOGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad's nominees for his second-term cabinet showcase his preference for loyalty over expertise, as most clearly have longstanding ties to the President. Although most of the 21 these nominees generally lack significant experience for their respective ministries, [...] |
2009-08-24 14:58:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI349 |
IRAN: TEHRAN SHOW TRIAL AGAIN CITES USG EXCHANGE PROGAMS AS [...] (C) Summary: The inclusion of USG public diplomacy programs and IRPO in a recent indictment read during the second show trial in Tehran is not a new allegation of US plotting for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. Such claims have been made before, most recently in January, and contain many acc [...] |
2009-08-25 08:14:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI361 |
IRAN: THE POLITICS OF BREAD [...] (C) Summary: Traditional flat breads are a staple of the Iranian diet and offer a window into the problems of Iran's economy. Iranians eat flat bread daily, particularly 'nan-e sangak', and its importance has made bread prices a political issue, particularly as prices have doubled since approx [...] |
2009-08-31 12:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI362 |
IRAN'S JUDICIARY CHANGES - LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (C) Summary: Since taking over the Judiciary in mid-July, Hojjatoleslam Sadeq Larijani has taken steps seemingly designed to assuage ongoing public anger over the government's brutal treatment of detainees and opportunistic persecution of the hardliners' political foes. Foremost among these st [...] |
2009-08-31 14:11:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI363 |
KHAMENEI'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 06:28:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI366 |
IRAN OFFICIALS, PRESS SPIN IAEA REPORT ON EVE OF P5+1 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though Iran's envoy to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh and the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi took the nominal lead in spinning the August 28 IAEA report as a vindication of Iran's positions, their public comments offered little new insight to the I [...] |
2009-09-02 14:43:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV IR PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI369 |
MAJLIS PASSES 18 OF 21 AHMADINEJAD CABINET PICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Majlis today approved 18 of Ahmadinejad's 21 cabinet nominees, including his controversial choice for Defense Minister. The two-week run-up to the vote featured much public grumbling by Conservative Majlis members about both lack of prior executive branch consultation on the n [...] |
2009-09-03 14:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI373 |
IRAN: 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 13:58:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI375 |
IRAN TURNS THE SCREW TIGHTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a series of raids and arrests on September 7 and 8, the government moved aggressively to stop efforts by the Iran 'Green Path' opposition and human rights advocates to document and publicize allegations of detainee abuse and extrajudicial killings by the security forces in th [...] |
2009-09-09 13:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI377 |
IRAN: CABINET VOTE'S AFTERMATH HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad and Iran's media heralded the Majlis' vote confirming 18 of his 21 cabinet nominees as a boon for Iran's unity and national interests. However, the confusion surrounding Ahmadinejad's aborted second-round nominations for the Ministries of Education and Energy and the r [...] |
2009-09-10 13:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI378 |
IRAN: KARRUBI'S ARREST APPEARS IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is widespread speculation that the government of Iran is moving closer to arresting Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karrubi, the former Majlis Speaker and presidential candidate who has become the most vocal and persistent critic of the ruling establishment since the June 12 election. T [...] |
2009-09-14 12:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI379 |
IRAN: 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 13:44:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI382 |
IRAN: AHMADINEJAD TAKES ANOTHER RUN AT GASOLINE SUBSIDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad has opened his second term intending to pursue gasoline subsidy reform. Although the Majlis refused to endorse the proposed reforms at the end of his first term, this time Ahmadinejad seems to have the support of Supreme Leader Khamenei, and the government i [...] |
2009-09-16 11:10:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI384 |
IRAN: 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 14:30:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI385 |
IRAN: IRIG SEES ROOT CAUSES OF OPPOSITION IN THE CLASSROOM [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Leader Khamenei and the IRIG have signaled their intention to move beyond the arrests of opposition figures and attack the perceived intellectual basis of the opposition. This initiative seems to be at least a two-pronged approach -- limiting the ability of universities to [...] |
2009-09-17 15:02:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI IR |
| 09RPODUBAI386 |
IRAN'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 08:27:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI389 |
IRAN: 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 14:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI393 |
IRAN WANTS CONGRATULATIONS, NOT CONDEMNATION OVER SECOND [...] (C) Summary: Iranian media and public statements by officials have maintained the IRIG's official line that the IRIG has not only not violated the NPT, but has gone beyond its IAEA obligations in its early disclosure of the second uranium enrichment facility near Qom. President Ahmadinejad, a [...] |
2009-09-28 13:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PARM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI394 |
IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS BUY MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 27 the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC)-affiliated 'Etemaad-e Mobin Consortium' (EMC) bought a 50 percent plus one share stake in the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) for an amount equivalent to USD 7.8 billion. The sale, the largest in the Tehran Stock E [...] |
2009-09-28 14:31:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI395 |
IRAN: UNIVERSITY PROTESTERS HECKLE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28 an estimated two thousand students dressed in green marched through the University of Tehran chanting "death to the dictator" as senior IRIG officials, including the controversial Higher Education Minister, were heckled while entering a (closed to students) ceremon [...] |
2009-09-29 13:59:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR PHUM |
| 09RPODUBAI398 |
IRAN: NO HINT OF COMPROMISE ON THE EVE OF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of negotiations with the US and other P5+1 members, Iranian officials insisted that they will neither surrender the country's nuclear rights nor bow to threats of further sanctions. Iranian officials balanced these uncompromising statements with expressions of Iran's go [...] |
2009-09-30 13:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PROP IR |
| 09RPODUBAI407 |
IRAN: INITIAL IRANIAN PRESS REPORTS ON GENEVA MEETINGS [...] This cable repeats ref e-mail. 2. Inititial Iranian press coverage of the P5+1 negotiations in Geneva and the bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Iranian negotiator Jalili has been factual, without editorial comment. Coverage in the sources we checked was positive, drawing on statem [...] |
2009-10-04 13:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI409 |
IRAN: 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 12:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR PGOV PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI411 |
IRAN: 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 15:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI415 |
IRAN OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION DECLINING, FAILING TO MEET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent statistics in Iranian press indicate Iran's current offshore oil production in the Persian Gulf is declining. This decline comes despite ambitious growth plans for offshore production in the current Five-Year Development Plan, which has the target of one million barrels per [...] |
2009-10-06 13:59:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI424 |
IRAN: P5+1 TALKS A NATIONAL SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Iranian officials continue to give positive assessments of the outcome of the October 1 Geneva P5+1 meeting. Statements by Iranian officials, as well as editorial commentary by state and semi-official media, have focused on these themes: The negotiations were conducted under Iran' [...] |
2009-10-08 12:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PARM PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI430 |
IRAN PRESS: MFA SPOKESMAN SAYS QOM FACILITY, 20 PERCENT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-12 14:26:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI432 |
IRAN PRESS: AEOI SAYS IRAN WILL PROVIDE TEHRAN RESEARCH [...] (U) On October 10 the Iranian press service ISNA reported comments by AEOI Spokesman Ali Shirzadian on Iran's options for acquiring fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). 2. (U) The ISNA article's title was: "AEOI Spokesman in Talk with ISNA: Various Ways of Procuring Fuel for the T [...] |
2009-10-13 11:53:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI433 |
IRAN PRESS: AHMADINEJAD WEBSITE GOES 'BEHIND THE SCENES' IN [...] (U) "Sanyehnews" (sanyehnews.com) is an Iranian website closely affiliated the views of President Ahmadinejad. On Monday, October 12 it posted a story titled, "What Wasn't Said and Published About the Geneva Talks," that puts forward a version of the October first Geneva negotiations that is [...] |
2009-10-13 12:09:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI435 |
IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S MAJLIS SUPPORT LIMITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two early October incidents illustrate both the continuing gulf between the Majlis and President Ahmadinejad and Ahmadinejad's failure to garner support among the Majlis' Principlist faction, the conservatives who dominate the legislature. On October 6 an Ahmadinejad ally failed [...] |
2009-10-13 14:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI438 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI, MAJLIS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-14 12:46:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI439 |
IRAN: OBSCURE ROYALIST GROUP DRAWS REGIME DEATH SENTENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports from Iran indicate that as many as five people listed in the indictments issued in the wake of post-election unrest have been sentenced to death by Tehran revolutionary courts. Though details surrounding the individual cases are murky the convictions do not in fact appear [...] |
2009-10-14 14:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI444 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: FRENCH-IRAN DISAGREEMENT CAUSES DELAY OF [...] (U) October 19 Iranian press reports of the first day of Vienna IAEA negotiations cited IAEA Director General's characterization of the talks as "very constructive" and "a good start." However other Iranian press, to include two October 19 'PressTV' pieces titled "Iran Rejects 'Direct Talks' wi [...] |
2009-10-20 13:07:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IR PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI450 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S OCTOBER 20 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-21 08:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI455 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: INITIAL IRAN PRESS REACTION TO GENEVA [...] (SBU) The following is a sampling of October 22 Iranian press coverage of the October 19-21 Vienna talks. Initial reporting was mostly factual, and coverage uniformly relayed the basic points of the draft agreement, in addition to IAEA Director General al-Baradei's post-negotiation comments. [...] |
2009-10-22 14:02:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI456 |
CORRECTION: IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: INITIAL IRAN PRESS REACTION [...] (SBU) The following is a sampling of October 22 Iranian press coverage of the October 19-21 Vienna talks. Initial reporting was mostly factual, and coverage uniformly relayed the basic points of the draft agreement, in addition to IAEA Director General al-Baradei's post-negotiation comments. [...] |
2009-10-22 14:06:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI459 |
TEHRAN NUCLEAR FUEL DEAL DRAWING DOMESTIC POLITICAL FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 press conference Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki said Iran would "soon" be announcing its decision on the IAEA proposal to exchange stockpiles of its own enriched uranium in exchange for smaller amounts of more highly enriched uranium to be used by the Tehran Rese [...] |
2009-10-26 12:55:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI46 |
IRAN 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 13:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI462 |
IRAN TO ANSWER IAEA PROPOSAL OCTOBER 29, WANTS "IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran press reports that Iran's Supreme National Security Council is meeting October 28 to decide Iran's position on the draft IAEA fuel proposal, with the decision to be announced October 29. Iranian Majlis deputies and press continue to speak out against the IAEA draft proposal [...] |
2009-10-28 12:57:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI466 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: IRAN SEEKS GRADUAL NUCLEAR FUEL EXPORT, [...] (U) As of 1600 hours (Tehran time) October 29, no Iranian official has made any substantive public comments on Iran's response to the IAEA draft proposal to provide fuel to the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), although IRIG IAEA Representative Ali Asghar Soltanieh has been quoted in the Iranian p [...] |
2009-10-29 12:31:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI467 |
IRAN'S WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FACES EASIER, HARDER TIME AFTER JUNE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two active members of Iran's leading women's rights organization told IRPO the disputed presidential election has both dramatically increased public receptivity to the One Million Signature Campaign's calls for gender equality, and simultaneously constrained its ability to train a [...] |
2009-10-29 13:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI468 |
IRAN: AHMADINEJAD GETS HALF OF WHAT HE WANTS ON SUBSIDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Majlis has vigorously debated and ultimately approved the first part of President's Ahmadinejad's proposed subsidy reform bill. The bill is a two-part program intended to end state subsidies on energy, utilities and basic food items and channel the savings as cash payment [...] |
2009-10-29 13:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI469 |
IRAN: OPPOSITION LEADERS CALL SUPPORTERS OUT FOR ANNIVERSARY [...] (C)SUMMARY: Iran's opposition is poised to again co-opt one of the Islamic Republic's cherished rituals - the annual commemoration of the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. Embassy - to publicly protest the disputed presidential election and to undermine Ahmadinejad's 'coup' government. The Nov [...] |
2009-11-02 13:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI47 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - JANUARY 17, [...] [U] This January 13, 2009 edition of Window on Iran was sent out on that date via classified e-mail. 2. [S/NF] Russians Offer Iran Security Inducements to Shun US Negotiations: According to a former Guardian Council member and as corroborated by a former IRGC general, Russia has reported [...] |
2009-02-02 13:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI472 |
IRAN'S DOMESTIC POLITICS PREVENTING IAEA ACCORD [...] (C) SUMMARY. After initial vague expressions of Iranian support for the outcome of the October 19-21 Vienna nuclear fuel negotiations, a rising tide of domestic opposition to the IAEA deal from across the Iranian political spectrum has led official Iran to distance itself from the draft agreem [...] |
2009-11-03 12:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI474 |
IRAN: 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 13:00:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR PHUM |
| 09RPODUBAI475 |
IRAN: KHAMENEI TROTS OUT THREADBARE REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Leader Khamenei's November 3 anti-US comments in a speech commemorating the 'National Struggle Against Global Arrogance Day' were similar in tone and content to his remarks from previous years' speeches on this occasion. Shorn of the rhetorical frills, Khamenei said that e [...] |
2009-11-04 13:32:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI478 |
IRAN: MASS RETAILER'S CAUTIOUS ENTRY YIELDING POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In September the Middle East's sole franchisee for Carrefour, the Majid Al Futtaim Group (MAFG) of Dubai, launched Iran's first hypermarket in a new shopping mall on the outskirts of Tehran. At the request of Carrefour's French corporate headquarters, the outlet was launched under [...] |
2009-11-05 14:06:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON IR PREL PGOV |
| 09RPODUBAI479 |
IRAN: 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 14:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI48 |
IRAN 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 13:43:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI481 |
IRAN PRESS: INITIAL IRAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of late November 5, Iranian press coverage of President Obama's November 4 statement on Iran has been scant, with most domestic coverage focused on the November 4 "National Struggle Against Global Arrogance Day" events. What coverage there has been was relatively factual, w [...] |
2009-11-08 11:26:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI482 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: TEHRAN FRIDAY PRAYER SPEECHES FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-09 14:22:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI485 |
IRAN: MAGAZINE PUBLISHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS, SANCTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The publisher of a monthly computer magazine in Iran discounted the effects of U.S. sanctions on the availability of U.S.-origin computers and products in Iran. She explained that such computers are easily available and relatively inexpensive because the included software is large [...] |
2009-11-10 11:07:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI486 |
IRAN: 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 13:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI492 |
IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S COMPLETED CABINET AGAIN INCLUDES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Majlis on November 15 confirmed the final three nominees for President Ahmadinejad's cabinet. After his initial three selections were rejected in September, on November 8 Ahmadinejad nominated Sadeq Mahsuli as Welfare and Social Security Minister, Majid Namju as Energy Minist [...] |
2009-11-16 13:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI493 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: NOVEMBER 16TH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following contains November 15-16 nuclear-related statements as reported in the Iranian press by: A. Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezai B. Chief of Joint Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi C. Senior Ahmadinejad advisor (and former First VP) Par [...] |
2009-11-16 13:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IR PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI494 |
IRAN: IRGC CONSTRUCTION UNIT WINS ANOTHER BIG TENDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11 the IRGC's Khatamolanbia Construction Company (Gharargah Sazandegi Khatam-ol Anbia - GHORB), won a USD 2.5 billion tender to build a railway network in southeastern Iran, beating out six other bidders, five of which included foreign partners. This award follows rece [...] |
2009-11-17 08:10:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON IR PGOV PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI495 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: NOVEMBER 17: IRAN INITIAL REACTION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following contains November 16-17 nuclear-related statements as reported in the Iranian press by: A. IRIG IAEA Rep Soltanieh: 'Fordo Inspection Confirms Iran's Information' B. Head of Majlis Foreign Relations Subcommittee of the National Security Committee: 'Iran [...] |
2009-11-17 15:45:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI497 |
IRAN: VISA APPLICANTS IN DUBAI COMMENT ON THEIR ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian visa applicants in Dubai are generally from higher socioeconomic levels than average Iranians. Still, their economic situations vary significantly. Income, at the low end of the range, is roughly several hundred dollars/month for teachers, young employees, and retirees li [...] |
2009-11-18 12:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI498 |
IRAN: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED [...] (C) Summary: The IRIG has for some time considered Western media -- both press and entertainment -- as part of the "soft war" it claims is being waged against it. Despite these claims, and laws declaring satellite receivers illegal, the IRIG has tolerated a Western media presence in the countr [...] |
2009-11-18 12:58:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PROP IR |
| 09RPODUBAI50 |
IRIG SEES U.S. EXCHANGES AS INTENT ON SOFT OVERTHROW [...] (C) Summary: Since September, every International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) group from Iran has cancelled its travel to the United States, often at the last minute. Our access to participants is limited, but some have told us explicitly that they have been refused permission to travel o [...] |
2009-02-02 14:47:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI500 |
IRAN PRESS: NUCLEAR: FM MOTTAKI ON VIENNA IAEA DEAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-19 12:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI501 |
IRAN'S EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE SUBSIDIES TUG OF WAR CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Passage of the targeted subsidy reform bill has stalled in the Majlis over President Ahmadinejad's demand his administration have full control over how subsidy savings are spent. The Majlis and Ahmadinejad have been unable to come to a compromise after an impasse in the Majlis and [...] |
2009-11-19 14:24:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IR PGOV PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI502 |
IRAN: SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF DETAINEE ABUSE WITNESS REIGNITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The suspicious death of a 26-year old doctor assigned to a notorious detention facility during the aftermath of the government's crackdown on election protest has refocused attention on detainee abuse and the lengths to which the regime will go to suppress criticism of its behavio [...] |
2009-11-19 14:31:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI503 |
IRAN'S EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE SUBSIDIES TUG OF WAR CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Passage of the targeted subsidy reform bill has stalled in the Majlis over President Ahmadinejad's demand his administration have full control over how subsidy savings are spent. The Majlis and Ahmadinejad have been unable to come to a compromise after an impasse in the Majlis and [...] |
2009-11-19 14:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR PGOV PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI504 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: IAEA REPRESENTATIVE SOLTANIAH ON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-22 13:45:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI506 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR - NOVEMBER 23 - SUPREME COUNCIL FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-24 12:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI507 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR NOVEMBER 24: NSC HEAD JALILI, MFA [...] NSC HEAD JALILI: WE WANT IRONCLAD GUARANTEES; P5+1 STILL DITHERING National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili told press on November 24 that: - Iran it must have ironclad guarantees for fuel procurement and if they aren't provided, it has other options it will put forward. [...] |
2009-11-24 15:13:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IR PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI51 |
IRAN 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 13:49:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR SOCI IR |
| 09RPODUBAI513 |
IRAN: 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 13:15:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI514 |
IRAN RESPONDS (ADQRSELY) TO IAEA BOG RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial IRIG reaction to the November 27 IAEA Board of Governors' resolution came from its IAEA representative Ali Asghar Soltanieh, who expressed 'deep concern and disappointment,' and from the Iranian Majlis, whose members threatened to 'review' Iran's NPT membership. Subsequen [...] |
2009-11-30 17:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI521 |
IRAN: 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 13:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI522 |
IRAN PRESS/NUCLEAR: DECEMBER 7: IRAN NEEDS 20 SITES, WON'T [...] (U) Headlines: - Iraq Environment Minister Doesn't Want Nearby Nuclear Sites - Majlis'er Says Enemies Want Iran to Withdraw from NPT - Salehi: We Need 20 Enrichment Sites, Won't Withdraw From NPT 2. (U) IRAQ ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DOESN'T WANT NEARBY IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES [...] |
2009-12-07 14:53:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PGOV PREL PARM |
| 09RPODUBAI525 |
IRAN: 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 15:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI531 |
IRAN: GUARDIAN COUNCIL RETURNS SUBSIDY REFORM HOT POTATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 9 Iran's Guardian Council (GC) announced that it would not ratify President Ahmadinejad's targeted subsidies bill but instead return it to the Majlis for more work. The GC has not yet said why it rejected the bill, but did signal earlier in the week it would do so aft [...] |
2009-12-10 14:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IR PGOV |
| 09RPODUBAI532 |
IRAN'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 14:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI534 |
IRAN: 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 12:29:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI537 |
OFFICIAL IRANIAN REACTION TO CHARGES OF OCCUPYING IRAQI OIL [...] (SBU) According to Iranian press IRIG officials have consistently denied Iranian military forces have crossed into Iraq and seized an oil well on December 18, with Iran claiming that foreign press reports of the seizure were intended to disrupt the friendly relations between the two countries. [...] |
2009-12-20 13:46:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PBTS IR |
| 09RPODUBAI539 |
Iran: Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, Prominent Dissident Cleric, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Iranian press in early morning December 20, 87 year-old Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died of natural causes in his Qom residence. Prominent reformist clerics have gone to his house to pay their condolences, and his funeral ceremony will occur December 21 in Qo [...] |
2009-12-20 14:16:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI541 |
IRAN: IRGC COMPANY PROFITING FROM SOUTH PARS' WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 Rostam Qassemi, the head of the the IRGC's largest business subsidiary (Khatamolanbia Construction Headquarters, aka 'Qorb'), announced that a presidential economic committee has agreed to transfer USD one billion in foreign reserves to Qorb from Iran's Oil Stabiliza [...] |
2009-12-22 14:11:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR ECON ENRG |
| 09RPODUBAI543 |
Iran 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 14:59:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI545 |
IRAN OPPOSITION PLANS TASUA AND ASHURA PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's 'Green Path' opposition expects the religious holidays Tasua and Ashura on December 26th and 27th to be the movement's next significant protests. These holidays commemorate the martyrdom of Hossein, the Prophet Mohammad's grandson, and typically create an emotionally charge [...] |
2009-12-23 08:44:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR |
| 09RPODUBAI547 |
Iran: 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 08:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI549 |
IRAN'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 15:36:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI551 |
IRAN'S ASHURA AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two days after the violent December 27 Ashura demonstrations in Tehran and other cities, the government continues to arrest and detain more, largely 'second-tier' reformists and their friends and family (to include Shirin Ebadi's sister), while regime stalwarts have begun condemnin [...] |
2009-12-29 13:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PREL |
| 09RPODUBAI56 |
IRAN'S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM - AN INSIDE LOOK [...] (C) Summary: Iran's best universities largely focus on engineering, which the country's top students pursue for its supposed financial reward. Our interlocutors ranked Iran's best schools similarly, starting with Sharif University of Technology and generally concluding with the Islamic Azad U [...] |
2009-02-05 09:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL IR |
| 09RPODUBAI57 |
IRANIAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT CLAIMS SUCCESSES AMID IRIG [...] (C) Summary: Four leading Iranian women's rights activists described a robust, growing movement that is expanding its reach beyond young professional women, despite an aggressive crack-down by hardliners on individual activists. The struggle for women's equality in Iran has become more focuse [...] |
2009-02-05 12:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KWMN PHUM KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI58 |
IRAN 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 05:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI71 |
KHATAMI'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 11:01:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI72 |
IRAN'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 11:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI75 |
IRAN 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 12:45:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM IR |
| 09RPODUBAI76 |
DUBAI THINKTANK PLANNING TRACK II TALKS ON IRAN [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi, ConGen Dubai, and IRPO. 2. (S/NF) On February 5, Ambassador met with Riad Khawaji, founder and CEO of the Dubai-based defense think tank the Institute for Near East and Military Analysis (INEGMA). Among other things, he told Ambassa [...] |
2009-02-11 12:00:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL IR TC |
| 09RPODUBAI84 |
IRAN 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 12:56:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON IR |
| 09RPODUBAI94 |
IRAN 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 12:14:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SNAR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI95 |
IRAN 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 12:44:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM IR |
| 10RPODUBAI1 |
IRAN:MOUSAVI MESSAGE SPLITS PRINCIPLISTS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 1 Green Path Opposition (GPO) leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued his 17th declaration, titled "The Events of Ashura and the Following Days." Decrying Ashura-day regime brutality and describing as futile government efforts to end the current crisis via mass arrests and sup [...] |
2010-01-03 14:33:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI11 |
IRAN: 'BUTCHER OF TEHRAN' TO BE SACRIFICIAL LAMB? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A January 10 Majlis report placed blame for the death of three post-election detainees at the South Tehran 'Kahrizak' detention facility squarely on former Tehran Prosecutor General Saeed Mortazavi, whom the commission also accused of lying A Majlis 'Special Commission' formed in A [...] |
2010-01-12 13:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI13 |
IRAN'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 14:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI15 |
IRAN 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 13:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI17 |
IRAN: PRESIDENT FINALLY SUBMITS FIVE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an address heavy on nationalism, revolutionary fervor and religious sentiment, on January 10 President Ahmadinejad formally presented the Fifth Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP) to the Majlis. Ahmadinejad's comments suggest that (unlike the Fourth FYDP, approved in 2004) seekin [...] |
2010-01-14 08:04:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR ECON PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI19 |
Iran 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 14:08:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PREL ECON |
| 10RPODUBAI21 |
IRAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL LAYS BLAME (WIDELY) FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a January 27 meeting with Iranian press, an unnamed Deputy Intelligence Minister provided details on some of the arrests made in connection with the December 27 Ashura-day demonstrations. He ascribed the Ashura-day 'rioting' to (inter alia) the German government, Western int [...] |
2010-01-28 13:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR |
| 10RPODUBAI23 |
IRAN: Ahmadinejad Ally Mashaei Lightning Rod for Criticism [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad's relationship with his Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei has become a source of aggravation for Ahmadinejad's hardline supporters and an easy target for his political opponents. Mashaei has a long history of missteps and provocative comments, most recen [...] |
2010-01-28 14:32:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI25 |
IRAN: COMMODITY TRADER SAYS SANCTIONS GOOD FOR BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dubai-based plastics commodity trader contends that sanctions related to financing trade make doing business with Iran more lucrative, as Iranian importers are used to paying a premium to skirt them, and Iranian exporters (state-owned) prefer to sell plastic on the international [...] |
2010-02-01 14:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR ECON |
| 10RPODUBAI27 |
IRAN 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 15:03:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV IR PHUM |
| 10RPODUBAI29 |
IRAN: AHMADINEJAD FIRESIDE CHAT MENTIONS NUCLEAR ISSUE, US [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 2 nationally televised talk that dealt mostly with economic issues, President Ahmadinejad mentioned (almost in passing) that he himself saw no problem with the IAEA proposal for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) fuel, i.e. Iran exporting 3.5 percent enriched uranium i [...] |
2010-02-03 11:23:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV PARM IR |
| 10RPODUBAI3 |
Iran Intelligence Ministry Releases (Soft) Enemies List [...] (U) According to Iranian press, on January 3 the Intelligence Ministry's Foreign Deputy discussed 'the conspiracies of foreigners and espionage organizations, especially those of the US, UK and the Zionist regime' with Iranian press. This unnamed intelligence official said although the Islamic [...] |
2010-01-05 12:40:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL IR |
| 10RPODUBAI31 |
IRAN TELECOM EXEC GIVES TCI DEAL BACKSTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior executive at one of Iran's largest Internet service providers claims that while the IRIG had actively solicited his company's bid for the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI), immediately prior to the awarding of the contract in September 2009 IRIG officials requested [...] |
2010-02-04 13:14:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI33 |
IRAN: 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 14:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR |
| 10RPODUBAI35 |
IRAN: TELECOM GROWTH VICTIM OF CONGESTION AND POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Iran, a large number of private-sector telecom companies offer a multitude of services including mobile, Internet access, and Voice over IP. While the private sector offers a dynamic set of services, all telecom services terminate or are routed through the government-controlled [...] |
2010-02-15 10:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR ECON PREL EINT |
| 10RPODUBAI37 |
Iran Pursues Cultural Evolution, Not Revolution [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 2009, Supreme Leader Khamenei condemned the teaching of Western social sciences and humanities and called for a second cultural revolution. With authorities concerned by the re-opening of universities providing new opportunities to protest the presidential election, Kha [...] |
2010-02-15 11:29:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL IR |
| 10RPODUBAI39 |
IRAN: 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 15:04:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI41 |
IRAN POLICE FORCE, LIKE IRGC, ALSO PLAYING PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Iranian press the 'Naji Gharb' Company under the Mehregan Investment Company,' itself affiliated with the Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) Cooperative, bought 49 percent of the shares of the 'Iran Offshore Engineering and Construction Company' for USD 140 million in a ten [...] |
2010-02-22 14:54:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR ECON |
| 10RPODUBAI43 |
Iran Press: Iran Captures Jondollah Leader Rigi [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran has announced its capture of Jundollah head Abdolmalek Rigi. While there are conflicting stories as to how and where he was captured, the Iranian Intelligence Minister in a February 23 press conference stressed Rigi's ties to US, UK and Israeli intelligence services and trum [...] |
2010-02-23 13:48:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PREL |
| 10RPODUBAI45 |
IRAN: GUARDIAN COUNCIL'S ROLE TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi's February 22 call for a national referendum on the role of the Guardian Council in vetting candidates for elected office follows on the heels of news that the Expediency Council, led by Chairman Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Secretary Mohsen Rez [...] |
2010-02-23 14:15:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PREL |
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IRAN: SPAT BETWEEN POLICE AND IRGC SPILLS INTO PUBLIC VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After being abruptly dismissed as Tehran police chief after only fourteen months, Azizullah Rajabzadeh told guests and the media present at his February 22 'retirement' ceremony that the police had played only a minor role in putting down the post-election unrest. Rajabzadeh as [...] |
2010-02-24 14:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR |
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IRAN: CALLS FOR HIGHER WAGES SUGGEST BROADER GRIEVANCES, NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's sole authorized national labor organization, Workers' House, called on the government's Supreme Council of Labor February 22 to raise the minimum wage 42 percent to bring wages in line with minimum poverty standards. Using figures from the Central Bank of Iran and the Minist [...] |
2010-02-25 15:03:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR ECON PREL |
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IRAN'S HARDLINERS NOT READY TO COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline IRIG officials stepped up the rhetoric this week in a series of statements against the opposition. As court proceedings against the Ashura protest participants began, both the National Prosecutor General and the Tehran Prosecutor General signaled that the defendants could [...] |
2010-01-05 13:09:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR PREL |
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'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 15:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
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'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 15:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
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IRAN 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 14:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
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IRAN BANKING ON ROPES AS BAD LOANS HIT RECORD HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A January 3 Central Bank of Iran (CBI) report indicates non-performing loans (NPLs) jumped from USD 40 billion to 48 billion from mid-September to mid-November. NPLs now account for nearly 26 percent of all outstanding domestic loans. CBI ascribed the increase in bad loans to the [...] |
2010-01-07 10:46:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR ECON PREL |