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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 05KUWAIT1089 |
KUWAIT-IRAN GAS - A DONE DEAL [...] (C) Econ Counselor and Econ Officer met March 12 with Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own to follow up on earlier discussions of Kuwait's options for meeting its gas needs (Ref A). Al-Own said that there was a "good chance" that Kuwait and Iran might discuss a potential gas export [...] |
2005-03-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS OIL SECTOR |
| 05KUWAIT1777 |
FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...] |
2005-05-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
| 05KUWAIT1913 |
KUWAIT GAS OPTIONS AND ILSA CONCERNS: GOK SAYS [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador detailed U.S. concerns (ref B) about investment in Iran and advised that the proposed gas deal could trigger ILSA sanctions against companies involved in such investments. He furth [...] |
2005-05-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL KU IR IZ OIL SECTOR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT247 |
IRANIAN WATER IMPORT AGREEMENT CANCELED [...] (U) Kuwait English daily Arab Times reported January 16 that a Kuwaiti-Iranian MOU signed in 2003 (ref. c) to import Iranian water into Kuwait was canceled by Iranian authorities due to inaction by the Iranian Majlis and Guardian Council and Kuwait's National Assembly. 2. (U) Iranian Deputy [...] |
2005-01-17 06:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EMIN ETRD KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT2485 |
AMBASSADOR CRITICIZED FOR REITERATING U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Led by National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, a few Kuwaiti political figures have criticized the Ambassador's May 25 speech to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Command and Staff College. The public release of the speech, in which the Ambassador reiterated U.S. [...] |
2005-06-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KU IR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT2508 |
(C) KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN: IRAN FEARS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 4 meeting with Poloff and PolMiloff, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iran Majdi Al-Thufiri shared his thoughts on the June 12 election, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei's ability to control Iran's security forces, the U.S.-Iranian relationship and Iran's concerns o [...] |
2005-06-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PARM KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT2548 |
IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...] |
2005-06-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT2587 |
PM SENIOR ADVISOR SAYS IRAQ TOP PRIORITY, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 meeting which focused largely on Kuwait's relations with regional neighbors, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Mohammed Abulhassan told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah, who left June 11 for Riyadh, was attempting to break stalemates between Gulf [...] |
2005-06-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IR IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS IRAQ |
| 05KUWAIT3331 |
KUWAITIS FEAR IRANIAN HAND IN JULY 25 BORDER [...] (S) Summary: Tensions persist at the Iraq/Kuwait border crossing near Umm Qasr with two RPG rounds fired at the Kuwait side the night of July 26 and Kuwaiti police returning fire. While the disturbances seems to be the result of local actions, GOK officials privately express concern that Iran [...] |
2005-07-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
| 05KUWAIT3827 |
FM TO RAISE IRAQ, IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met August 27 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at the latter's invitation to discuss the FM's one-day visit to Iran on August 28. The FM said that he would raise three "issues of concern" with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- Iraq, [...] |
2005-08-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT4334 |
KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (C) In a very brief exchange as Ambassador was leaving the Foreign Ministry with Ambassador Jeffrey's Iraq-related delegation on October 5, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah advised that he had pressed visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to c [...] |
2005-10-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT4449 |
FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] Summary: (C) During an October 15 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah spoke about Iranian unity regarding the development of their nuclear program but division regarding the country's public handling of the situation. He reported that the Iranian chie [...] |
2005-10-17 08:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
| 05KUWAIT5137 |
SHI'A CLERIC FINDS NO LOVE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Emboffs he met "no one who was happy" with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government during his early-December trip to Iran. Al-Mohri said he met with the head of the Higher Judiciary Council, a former Minis [...] |
2005-12-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT1002 |
ENERGY MINISTER AND COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with DoS Counselor Zelikow, Kuwaiti Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah said that Iran's strategies may have changed over the years but that the underlying agenda remain the same, to exert its influence throughout the region. He alleged [...] |
2006-03-22 04:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL IR KU IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT1346 |
KUWAITI STRATEGIC EXPERT: SMILES FOR RAFSANJANI, [...] (C) Dr. Sami Al-Faraj, Director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies (KCSS), a private research institute, told Poloff April 18 that Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Hashemi Rafsanjani, who concludes a three-day visit to Kuwait April 18, conveyed a veiled threat to the Kuwaiti leade [...] |
2006-04-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT1451 |
RAFSANJANI VISIT TO KUWAIT: GOK SAYS IRANIAN [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador April 26 that April 16-17 discussions with former Iranian president Rafsanjani failed to produce any flexibility from the Iranian government on its nuclear ambitions. Al-Jarallah said what was supposed to b [...] |
2006-04-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT1519 |
DEFENSE AND INTERIOR MINISTER ON TERROR FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: In a May 1 meeting with Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense and Interior Minister, the Ambassador raised shutting down jailed terrorists communications and U.S. interest in proceeding quickly on two military construction projects. Durin [...] |
2006-05-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KTFN KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT1568 |
GCC ADVISOR: IRAN TOP ISSUE ON AGENDA OF THE MAY 6 [...] (C) Dr. Yacoub Al-Hayati, one of Kuwait's five members on the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 30-member Advisory Committee, told Poloff May 2 that Iran's nuclear program would dominate the agenda of the "six-hour" GCC Consultative Summit scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 6. [...] |
2006-05-03 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT1600 |
TOP PARLIAMENTARIANS SHARE VIEWS ON IRANIAN [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on May 3, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, Deputy National Assembly Speaker Mishari Al-Anjari, and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, who also serves as Speaker of the newly created Arab Parliament, shared their [...] |
2006-05-07 05:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT1622 |
ARAB IRANIAN COMMUNITY IN KUWAIT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) On May 6, Poloff met with five activists from the Arab Iranian (Ahwazi) expatriate community in Kuwait at their request: Adulkhaligh Delavi, Sabah Haidary, Atiya Savari, Naji Sawaeidy, and Hosain Ahwazy, who currently lives in London. (Comment: Poloff was in a listening mode and did not [...] |
2006-05-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT2219 |
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON NAM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-11 15:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT2882 |
KUWAIT "POSTPONES" NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN OVER [...] (SBU) According to a July 10 article in Al-Qabas (local Arabic daily), Kuwait has stopped negotiations with Iran over a project to import fresh water from an Iranian river. Citing "informed sources," the article claimed the talks stalled due to logistical difficulties and regional circumstanc [...] |
2006-07-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV EAGR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT306 |
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REPORTING IRAN TO THE [...] (C) Summary. In a January 28 meeting, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah. Al-Jarallah reacted by asking what more the GCC could do, and expressed willingess to pursue the matter further. The Ambassador queried promine [...] |
2006-01-29 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT3447 |
(C) KUWAITI OFFICIAL CORROBORATES INFORMATION ON [...] (C/NF) In an August 23 meeting, PolOff delivered cleared USNAVCENT Intelligence information on Hizballah missiles used against Israel to Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah, the Office Director of the President of the National Security Bureau, Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Sabah. (Note: This information was [...] |
2006-08-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MNUC IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT3535 |
KUWAIT BASED ARAB-IRANIAN ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: During an August 27 meeting with Poloff, Khalil Delavi, an Iranian Ahwazi (Arab) activist and member of the Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz (DSPA), outlined the basic characteristics of a number of Ahwazi opposition groups operating outside of Iran. (Note: [...] |
2006-08-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT3618 |
ON IRAN, KUWAIT PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 5 meeting, National Security Bureau (NSB) Iran analyst Ghanim Al-Otaibi told PolOff that the Kuwaiti government's (GOK) strategy for dealing with Iran covered three main areas: political, military, and internal security. According to Al-Otaibi, all governme [...] |
2006-09-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT3733 |
SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...] |
2006-09-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT3740 |
KUWAITIS SHARE CONCERN ABOUT IRAN; URGE POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: On September 16, the Ambassador hosted a roundtable lunch with a number of leading academics, political leaders, and Kuwaiti Shi'a politicians to hear their views on Iran. The group agreed that President Ahmadinejad's economic policies had largely failed, but felt [...] |
2006-09-18 06:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT3830 |
FORMER GCC SECRETARY GENERAL: "NO COMMON GCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told PolOff September 19 the GCC had "no common strategy on Iran," a problem he attributed largely to friction between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He believed an effective GCC strategy should sup [...] |
2006-09-24 13:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT3840 |
IRANIAN GOVERNMENT CONFISCATES KUWAITI TEXTBOOKS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-26 06:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT397 |
GCC STRATEGY ON IRAN: "HOPING FOR A MIRACLE" [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told Poloff in a February 1 meeting that while the GCC "has no other option than to comply with any UNSC resolution," it would not publicly support such a step. GCC countries had exp [...] |
2006-02-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL SENV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT4071 |
GCC ADVISOR: VISIT TO ISFAHAN NUCLEAR FACILITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an October 9 meeting with PolChief, Advisor to the GCC Secretary General Dr. Sami Al-Faraj shared his impressions of a two-day conference sponsored by the Expediency Council he attended in April that included a visit to the Isfahan nuclear facility. Al-Faraj, who regularly [...] |
2006-10-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT4118 |
FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT [...] (C/NF) During an October 15 meeting with PolChief, Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Kuwaiti Parliament, characterized the prospect of GCC countries gradually accepting an Iraqi government dominated by Shi'a r [...] |
2006-10-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT4265 |
KUWAIT CANCELS PARTICIPATION IN PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Post learned October 30 that Kuwait has withdrawn from observer participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise Leading Edge in Bahrain. The decision was not announced publicly. The GOK had previously committed to send three observers to the exercise, two from the [...] |
2006-10-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT4307 |
IRANIAN MEDIA ATTACH ACCUSES KUWAITI COLUMNISTS [...] (SBU) During an October 28 interview with Al-Rai Al-Aam (local Arabic daily), Ridha Mustafaei, the Media Attach at the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait, sharply attacked some Kuwaiti columnists for writing articles critical of Iran, specifically Iran's nuclear program and its role in Iraq. "We have [...] |
2006-11-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT4537 |
KUWAITI AMIR REPORTEDLY ACCEPTS INVITATION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT4580 |
KUWAITI "AHWAZ ACTIVIST" MEETS WITH EUROPEAN [...] (S/NF) Over the past several months, a Kuwaiti in his mid-fifties named Faisal Al-Khazal has met with several European embassies in Kuwait to enlist their support for his alleged Ahwazi opposition group. (Note: Ahwaz is the Arabized name of the capital of Khuzestan, a predominantly Arab prov [...] |
2006-12-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT4625 |
KUWAITIS TELL NEA PDAS JEFFREY INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: During his December 9 visit to Kuwait, PDAS Jeffrey met with a number of prominent Kuwaitis to discuss Iraq and Iran. The Kuwaitis expressed concern about rising Iranian influence in the region and emphasized the need for international cooperation. They agreed that the GCC s [...] |
2006-12-11 15:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT578 |
GCC FEARS BEING LABELED PRO-ISRAELI FOR [...] (C) Dr. Yacoub Al-Hayati, one of Kuwait's five members on the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Advisory Committee, told Poloff in a February 19 meeting the GCC was hesitant to directly confront Iran over its nuclear program for fear of being labeled by Iran as pro-Israeli, a view he repeated [...] |
2006-02-19 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT630 |
SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC SAYS IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Poloff in a February 21 meeting that Iranian "reformers" had been politically marginalized by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and exercised little restraint on the President's conservative policies. He disco [...] |
2006-02-22 14:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 06KUWAIT86 |
SOMETIME STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO GOK SAYS IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami Al-Faraj, the director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies (KCSS) and a regularly contracted advisor to various government ministries in Kuwait on national security issues, told Poloff January 8 that the GOK views Iran as a threat. According to Al-Faraj, the Gov [...] |
2006-01-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT1541 |
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MP SOUNDS ALARM BELL ON IRAN [...] (C) On October 3, in separate conversations with Post, Kuwaiti MP Mohammad Jassem Al-Sager and MFA Director of Arab World Department Ambassador Jassem Al Mubaraki relayed their grave concerns that Iran is leading the region towards conflict. Though they acknowledged that the removal of Sadda [...] |
2007-10-21 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT1707 |
READOUT OF IRAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Kuwait as part of his tour of Arabian Gulf States. According to the Kuwaiti media, FM Mottaki discussed the Kuwait-Iran maritime border, bilateral energy issues, foreign relations, Iraq and the Iranian nuclear pr [...] |
2007-12-06 17:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PBTS PINR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT173 |
KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT IRAN - FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) On February 4, MFA Director for Africa and Asia Ambassador Mohammed Al-Bader confirmed to Econoff that Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah will visit Iran from February 13-14, 2007. (Note: The Foreign Minister traveled to Iran twice in 2006 - once in June and again in [...] |
2007-02-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL KU IRAN |
| 07KUWAIT270 |
IRAN: KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER MEETING WITH [...] (C) On February 19 in a meeting with Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said the primary purpose of the recent meeting between Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Iranian President Ahmedinejad (February 13-14) had been to d [...] |
2007-02-21 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT424 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-25 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT445 |
KUWAIT ADOPTS MORE VIGOROUS, PUBLIC DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Kuwait has adopted a more vigorous and public defense posture in the past several months, an indication of the Kuwaiti leadership's rising concern about tensions in the Gulf and desire to project to the Kuwaiti public an image of engagement and preparedness. Kuwait [...] |
2007-03-28 13:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MCAP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT450 |
KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN: APPROACHING THE U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Iran, Majid Al-Thufiri, who claims good access to senior Iranian officials, shared his impression of Iran's views towards the U.S., regional policies, and domestic political and economic situation in a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador. His key point [...] |
2007-03-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN REALTIONS |
| 07KUWAIT486 |
TOP KUWAITI JOURNALIST CLAIMS "US TO ATTACK IRAN [...] (SBU) In an April 4 editorial, one of Kuwait's leading journalists claimed inside information that the U.S. was planning to attack Iran's nuclear facilities by the end of April. Quoting unnamed sources in Washington, Ahmed Al-Jarallah, the Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Times (English daily) an [...] |
2007-04-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT487 |
PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 3, Parliament ratified 20 international agreements, including a security cooperation agreement with Iran in the field of drug trafficking and law enforcement. However, parliamentarians objected strongly to an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and referred it to the M [...] |
2007-04-04 13:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT49 |
IRANIAN ARAB CLERIC CLAIMS IRANIANS INCREASINGLY [...] (C/NF) Poloff met January 10 with Shaykh Mohammed Kathem Al-Khaqani, an Iranian Arab Shi'a cleric from Ahwaz, the former Arabic name of the predominantly Arab province of Khuzestan in western Iran. Shaykh Mohammed is the second son of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Taher Al-Khaqani, who, according [...] |
2007-01-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT50 |
TOP KUWAITI JOURNALIST CLAIMS U.S. TO STRIKE IRAN [...] (SBU) In a January 14 editorial, one of Kuwait's top journalists asserted that a U.S. strike on Iran would occur before April. Quoting an unnamed "reliable source," Ahmed Al-Jarallah, the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Seyassah (local Arabic daily) and the Arab Times (local English Daily), said top a [...] |
2007-01-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT514 |
MPS ASK FOR INFO ON KUWAIT'S PREPAREDNESS FOR A [...] (SBU) Responding to recent speculations in local press about an imminent U.S. attack on Iran (ref B), several parliamentarians (MPs) submitted questions to the Interior Minister asking him to outline the steps Kuwait has taken to prepare for such a possibility. Independent, tribal MP Saadoun [...] |
2007-04-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 07KUWAIT781 |
FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON RECENT VISIT TO IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Foreign Affairs Chairman and Inter-Arab Parliament (IAP) Speaker Mohammed Al-Sager gave PolOffs a read-out of his recent visit to Iran. Al-Sager said Iranian officials he met, including Rafsanjani, asked for Kuwaiti mediation with the U.S. and called on Kuwait to play [...] |
2007-05-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT796 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO REJECT IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-20 11:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT811 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO SUBMIT UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-22 11:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT964 |
KUWAITIS SEE INTIMIDATION, RETRIBUTION BEHIND [...] (U) Unknown assailants attacked Mohammad Al-Zo'bi, a low ranking diplomat at the Kuwaiti Embassy in Tehran, as he was leaving work on June 19. The Kuwait cabinet convened an emergency session the same day to discuss the event and the MFA called Iranian Ambassador Ali Jennati in immediately t [...] |
2007-06-23 12:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 07KUWAIT97 |
(C) SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC: RAFSANJANI [...] (C) Summary: A senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric told Poloff January 22 that Rafsanjani believes Iranian public opinion is shifting away from Ahmadinejad and towards Iranian "moderates." Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri, who met privately with Rafsanjani January 17, said Rafsanjani attributed this sh [...] |
2007-01-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |