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| 02COLOMBO2178 |
FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI [...] POST NOMINATES MR. NISSANKA WEERASEKERA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEXTVENTURES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPO [...] |
2002-11-22 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03KUWAIT4467 |
KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION SEPTEMBER 28-29: [...] SUMMARY: MEDIA REPORTS OF A STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO CPA ADMINISTRATOR PAUL BREMER THAT KUWAIT SHOULD RECONSIDER SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM IRAQ FOR THE 1990-1991 IRAQI OCCUPATION HAVE SPARKED A FUROR IN THE KUWAITI PRESS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. AT LEAST 15 EDITORIALS LAMBAST BREMER AND THE U [...] |
2003-09-29 16:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU KDMR |
| 04AMMAN9278 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 04BRUSSELS2456 |
(C) EU/IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: LOW EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A key EU official involved in the ongoing EU/Iran human rights dialogue believes that the next round of that dialogue (June 14-15 in Teheran) will accomplish little. End summary 2.(C) The EU Council official responsible for organizing the next round of EU/Iran human rights dialo [...] |
2004-06-09 05:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04MANAMA409 |
VIGILANTES ATTACK RESTAURANT IN NAME OF MORALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the second time in two weeks, mobs of Shi'a youths ransacked on March 17 a place of "unethical practices," destroying an upscale restaurant known to serve alcohol. Similar to last week's unruly mob that broke into private residences identified as vice dens in two Shi'a nei [...] |
2004-03-25 09:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS ASEC PGOV KISL BA |
| 04MUSCAT2078 |
MUSCAT MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, POWELL, SYRIA, SHARM AL- [...] The lead editorial in the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" on November 29 was entitled "The Iraqi Elections": "The election in Iraq can be seen as a bottleneck, beyond which the country may be able to rebuild itself under the sheltering umbrella of a permanent constitution and representat [...] |
2004-11-30 13:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
| 04RANGOON805 |
THE MADRASSAS OF RANGOON [...] (S) Summary: Despite pervasive and sometimes aggressive religious discrimination that favors Burma's Buddhist majority, Islamic religious education has survived and flourished in Rangoon Division. Though Rangoon's madrassas operate under vigilant MI attention, there are up to 130 schools -- s [...] |
2004-06-25 02:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | SCUL PGOV PTER EFIN KISL BM |
| 04YEREVAN680 |
REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered the terrorist bombing in Madrid. The reports on TV and in the press were mainly factual. The only article with commentaries was published in "Hayots Ashkhar" newspaper. The following is the summary of the article. END SUMMARY WHO DOES AZNAR SUPPORT [...] |
2004-03-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
| 04YEREVAN687 |
REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: TRAIN BOMBINGS [...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered the terrorist bombing in Madrid. The reports on TV and in the press were mainly factual. The only article with commentaries was published in "Hayots Ashkhar" newspaper. The following is the summary of the article. END SUMMARY WHO DOES AZNAR SUPPORT [...] |
2004-03-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
| 05ABUDHABI2815 |
UAE-IRAN RELATIONS: AN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Iran have long had a wary co-existence. While the two countries enjoy robust trade ties and have historical social and cultural links, Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a clandestine weapons component, interference in Iraq's internal affairs, and continued [...] |
2005-06-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETRD PINR IZ IR GCC TC |
| 05ABUDHABI716 |
UAEG EXPRESSES VIEWS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misenheimer and DCM that he is more optimistic about the prospect for peace in Israel and Palestine since Abu Mazen,s election. He noted that motion on this front will help solve other regio [...] |
2005-02-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL TC |
| 05AMMAN7211 |
FY-05 RP: "PROMOTING INTERFAITH DIALOGUE," NOVEMBER [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN IRAQ NOMINATES THREE PARTICIPANTS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MR.DALUZ A. MOHAMMED, MR.MAJID I. MOHAMED, AND MR. MUNIR H. KHUDAIR HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : TH [...] |
2005-09-08 13:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05ANKARA2898 |
ANKARA - AMBASSADORS'FUND FOR REFUGEES PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Ankara requests 27,148 New Turkish Lira (approximately $19,962) from the Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees to furnish, secure and adapt an existing building to provide a woman's women's shelter for refugee and asylum- seeker women in Van, Turkey. The Women's Counseling Center (WCC) and U [...] |
2005-05-23 10:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF OTRA TU |
| 05ANKARA5506 |
US MISSION TURKEY: RESPONSIBILITY AND [...] THE U.S. MISSION IN TURKEY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN EUROPE. WITH OVER 1200 EMPLOYEES LOCATED IN FOUR SEPARATE CITIES (ANKARA, ISTANBUL, ADANA, AND IZMIR), THE MISSION IS COMPRISED OF OVER 20 AGENCIES ENGAGED ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF USG POLICY PRIORITIES. TURKEY IS A COUNTRY OF GREAT STRATEG [...] |
2005-09-22 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT |
| 05BAGHDAD4843 |
SHIA INDEPENDENT ALI AL-DABAGH ON ELECTIONS, SHIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloffs met December 1 with TNA member Ali al-Dabagh, a politician who left the United Iraqi Alliance to form his own party, while maintaining his ties to Ayatollah Sistani. Al-Dabagh accused the Shia Alliance of candidate intimidation as well as inappropriate efforts to convey t [...] |
2005-12-04 22:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KDEM IZ |
| 05DUBAI4706 |
FORMER IRANIAN MP: REFORMERS TRYING TO REGROUP [...] (S) Summary: Iranian reform leader and former member of parliament Fatemeh Haghighatjoo (please protect) believes that international pressure on Iran, but not war, will produce positive results on both the nuclear and the human rights fronts. She admits the reform movement is in disarray and t [...] |
2005-09-25 13:47:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR PINR PGOV PHUM PREL KNNP |
| 05HELSINKI1013 |
EXTREMISM IN FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: Finland has a small but growing Muslim population of approximately 20,000. Extremist sentiment is not widespread throughout the Muslim community, but areas of concern exist. Embassy Helsinki's strategy to combat extremism consists of an active outreach to Finland's Muslims co [...] |
2005-09-26 06:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID FI |
| 05KUWAIT1863 |
WOMEN SPLIT ON FUTURE OF POLITICAL RIGHTS, SOME [...] (C) Summary: During several meetings with women's rights activists and supporters on May 4, PolOffs noted varying differences in opinion on the chances of success for women's political rights. Several expressed little hope that the two-week delay requested by Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmad Al [...] |
2005-05-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SOCI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 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 |
| 05KUWAIT4795 |
MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, HUMAN [...] Kuwaiti Arabic-language press responded unfavorably to the November 9 roundtable discussion the Ambassador held on the topic of trafficking in persons, with the exception of one Kuwait University political science professor, who thanked the Ambassador in Al-Seyassah. Al-Rai Al-Aam dedicated a [...] |
2005-11-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 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 |
| 05KUWAIT766 |
SECURITY TIGHT AS SHI'A CELEBRATE ASHOURA [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti and expatriate Shiites celebrated Ashoura on the evenings of February 18 and 19 under heavy police protection after militants seized in the GOK's month-long offensive against extremism reportedly revealed they had planned to attack Shiite celebrations. Kuwait's estimated [...] |
2005-02-21 10:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM KU |
| 05MANAMA347 |
GOB REACTS TO OUTWARD SIGNS OF SHIA ACTIVISM [...] (C) The GOB has launched a public and private campaign complaining of Iranian interference in Bahraini affairs and attempts to sow sectarianism in Bahrain. Interior Minister Shaikh Rashed said publicly that some people spread hate messages during mid-February Shia Ashura celebrations by chan [...] |
2005-03-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PGOV PREL KIRF BA |
| 05OTTAWA3283 |
US-EU-CANADA DISCUSSIONS OF IRAN (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation met with senior EU Commission and Canadian officials in Ottawa to exchange views on Iran and discuss prospects for addressing human rights and security-related concerns. Topics covered included Iran's internal situation, [...] |
2005-11-03 20:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM IR CA |
| 05PARIS7745 |
FRENCH-IRAQI RESEARCHER DESCRIBES RECENT RAMADAN [...] (C) Summary: A local French-Iraqi anthropologist, Hosham Dawod (protect), briefed us on a recent visit to Qom, Iran, reportedly at the invitation of supporters of Ayatollah Sistani. Dawod, who is a former IVLP participant and an expert on Iraqi tribes and Shi'ism, told us he spent 12 days in [...] |
2005-11-14 17:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR IR IZ FR |
| 05PRAGUE1502 |
NEWS REPORTS OF IRAN TRADE EMBARGO NOTHING NEW TO [...] (SBU) A Reuters press report on October 20, which claimed that Iran has stopped the imports of goods from the Czech Republic, Britain, South Korea and Argentina, was not new news to the Czech government. According to the Reuters report, the Iranians imposed the trade embargo in an effort to p [...] |
2005-10-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EZ IR ERTD |
| 05PRAGUE183 |
CZECH GOVERNMENT UNDER PRESSURE TO IMPROVE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government has been looking at ways to improve its anemic trade ties to Iran. The Iranians have limited Czech imports in retaliation for broadcasts of the Prague-based Radio Farda as well as legislation passed in 2000, at U.S. request, to bar supplies to the Bushehr n [...] |
2005-02-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EZ IR |
| 05QUITO664 |
ATTY GEN'L DEBATE UNLEASHES WILD RIDE IN CONGRESS [...] SUMMARY: March 22 witnessed political mischief-making that far exceeded the (already high) Ecuadorian norm, with the battle for control of the Attorney General's office joining the conflict over the Supreme Court as principal catalysts. President Gutierrez and his PRE allies, cognizant that [...] |
2005-03-23 21:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
| 05VATICAN539 |
IRAQ: PATRIARCH CONCERNED ABOUT CONSTITUTION, CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador met November 15 with Emmanuel III Delly (protect), Patriarch of Babylon and head of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The Chaldeans claim some 1.3 million members in Iraq and elsewhere. Delly was in Rome to see Pope Benedict XVI and for a meeting of Chaldean bishops. ------------- [...] |
2005-11-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
| 06ABUDHABI1790 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN/IRAQ [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" explains why the U.S. will not strike Iran. "Al-Khaleej" blames the occupation for Iraq's growing problems and feels the end of the occupation will bring an end to the militias. A columnist in "Al-Bayan" described the Gulf countries' rising concern with t [...] |
2006-05-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC |
| 06AITTAIPEI2889 |
MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S POLITICAL SITUATION, GWOT, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage August 19-21 on the multiple efforts to oust President Chen Shui-bian, investigations into the Presidential Office's special state affairs expense account, and the KMT's plan to release a party assets report on Wednesday. [...] |
2006-08-21 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 06AMMAN6187 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 06ANKARA3 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - TURKEY [...] Until recently Turkey could be considered a low-fraud country from a consular perspective. In the past year, however, Mission Turkey has seen an increase in the number of fraudulent documents presented during interviews, and also uncovered several alien smuggling rings. These more recent ex [...] |
2006-01-03 07:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TU |
| 06ANKARA3371 |
CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and SCA Ambassadors to Ankara for meetings with Foreign Minister Gul, Energy Minister Guler, and Senior MFA officials following the USTDA Regional Energy Conference in Istanbul. In addition to helpi [...] |
2006-06-09 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG TU ZK |
| 06ASHGABAT804 |
THE JULY 24-25 STATE VISIT OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad was clearly in control, with President Niyazov playing only a secondary role, during the Iranian President,s July 24-25 state visit to Turkmenistan. Notwithstanding the local state media's assertions that the visit centered on developing economic links -- th [...] |
2006-07-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENGR ETRD PARM IR TX UNSC |
| 06BAGHDAD1824 |
SECTARIAN TENSIONS RUNNING HIGH IN MADA'IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In several meetings with PRT staff over the last three weeks, residents of Mada'in, a predominantly Sunni district in southeast Baghdad, have expressed fears that rising tensions over Shia militia control of fuel stations and an important mosque in the area could provoke a violent [...] |
2006-05-31 03:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1854 |
BIOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND ON BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] The following is a biographic outline of the leadership of the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC), with background information on each of the committee chairs as well as the senior members. Included as available with each entry is biographic information, perceived views of the United States an [...] |
2006-06-02 02:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD277 |
PRM-FUNDED RELOCATION OF AL TASH KURDS TO ERBIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation site for Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. All but a small percentage of the approximately 3000 A [...] |
2006-01-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM |
| 06BAGHDAD397 |
BADR CORPS TELLS GEN. CASEY IT SUPPORTS HUMAN [...] (C) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amari, Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi, and SCIRI parliamentarian Sheikh Dhiya al- Fayyad told MNF-I Commanding General Casey and PolCouns in a February 7 meeting that the Badr Organization fully supports human r [...] |
2006-02-09 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ IR |
| 06BAGHDAD4365 |
SHABAK IN IRAQ: A TARGETED ETHNIC MINORITY? [...] (C) In a meeting November 21, Kurdish Alliance (KAL) and Shabak Council of Representative member Ahmed Yusif al-Shabak told Emboffs that since the February 22 Samarra bombings, there have been approximately 130 Shabak Shia who have been killed by Sunni-affiliated terrorist groups for sectarian [...] |
2006-11-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH52 |
BADR IN BASRAH: A CHANGE IS IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: The General Secretary of the Badr Organization in Basrah, Hassan Al Rashid, and three colleagues attended a luncheon hosted by Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah on April 10. During the lunch Al Rashid discussed the inability of the provincial council to deliver basic service [...] |
2006-04-11 08:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH55 |
MILITIAS IN BASRAH -- DIRTY POLITICS PERSONIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Most of the militias in Basrah are controlled by political parties or, in some instances, are now political parties in their own right. The insidious nature of militias acting as political parties - or vice versa - makes politics in Basrah particularly perverse. The Fadillah pa [...] |
2006-04-15 06:17:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
| 06BUENOSAIRES398 |
MEDIA REACTION ABU GHRAIB, IRAN, HAITI; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the new scandal following the broadcast by an Australian TV station of previously unpublished images of apparent abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Bush's request of funds to 'democratize' Iran and the growing allegations of fraud in Haiti which could lead [...] |
2006-02-17 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
| 06DUBAI1075 |
AKBAR GANJI'S SENTENCE UP MARCH 17 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-27 13:39:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV IR SOCI |
| 06DUBAI1452 |
NEEDLES FOR PRISONERS, AND OTHER DRUG UPDATES FROM IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-14 12:52:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR SOCI IR |
| 06DUBAI1859 |
DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' IRAN MEETINGS IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-01 13:50:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SOCI |
| 06DUBAI1904 |
SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-04 14:33:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI |
| 06DUBAI2300 |
VIEWS FROM IRAN'S CULTURAL SECTOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-23 13:49:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR SOCI |
| 06DUBAI292 |
SABA TV DENIED LICENSE TO BROADCAST FROM DUBAI [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-18 14:30:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PINR ECPS IR PGOV SCUL TC |
| 06DUBAI3263 |
LOBBYING EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF IRANIAN POLITICAL PRISONER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-30 12:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR PHUM |
| 06DUBAI4793 |
STREAMLINING VISA PROCESS FOR IRANIANS WOULD REINFORCE US [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-26 13:21:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PREL CMGT |
| 06DUBAI5191 |
IRPO: IRANIAN MPS INDICATE US MESSAGE NOT REACHING POPULACE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 12:07:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETTC IR ZP AE |
| 06DUBAI5421 |
IRPO: AUGUST 2006 ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-26 12:59:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR ECON EFIN |
| 06DUBAI5512 |
IRPO: IRAN'S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE DISASTROUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-30 13:11:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR ECON EFIN ELAB |
| 06DUSHANBE1434 |
IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...] |
2006-07-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR |
| 06DUSHANBE1435 |
IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...] |
2006-07-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR |
| 06DUSHANBE1498 |
RADIO SILENCE CONTINUES FOR BBC IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Tajikistan's State Radio and Television Committee (SRTC) announced August 2 it refused to give BBC a license to broadcast in Tajiki/ Farsi on FM radio. Margaret Belof, the British DCM, told PolOff August 3 the committee based its refusal on two grounds: the BBC is still not properly re [...] |
2006-08-04 11:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TI |
| 06DUSHANBE2219 |
TRADING PLACES: TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET OF OLD HANDS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a few exceptions, Tajik President Rahmonov's post-election appointments simply shuffled loyalists and favorites into different positions, further concentrating power in the hands of those from his home region of Kulob. Instead of naming new, younger officials or educated tech [...] |
2006-12-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM TI AF |
| 06DUSHANBE2228 |
HOW WE CAN HELP THE TAJIK ELECTION COMMISSION PREPARE FOR [...] (U) This is an Action cable. See Paragraphs 5 and 9. 2. (U) Without the pressure of an upcoming election and with the international spotlight shining elsewhere, we have an unusual opportunity to engage Tajikistan's Central Commission for Elections and Referenda. The CCER would like to ma [...] |
2006-12-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPOA KDEM TI |
| 06DUSHANBE39 |
TAJIKISTAN ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE IRAN ON NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov may take another run at influencing Iran to cooperate with the EU on nuclear issues during his upcoming summit in Tehran. Rahmonov will meet with Afghan President Karzai and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on January 16. The summit is designed to elevate trilat [...] |
2006-01-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC TI IR |
| 06FLORENCE27 |
ARAB-APPALACHIAN FUSION MUSIC CONCERTS [...] On the first week of March 2006, the U.S. Consulate General in Florence organized three fusion music concerts in Colle Val D'Elsa (Siena), Bologna and Modena, targeting local Muslim communities, high school and university students, authorities and representatives from local community inst [...] |
2006-03-09 11:05:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OPRC SCUL EUN |
| 06HILLAH146 |
BABIL GOVERNOR PLAYING A NEW GAME OR JUST BLUFFING? [...] (C) Summary: The governor of Babil province has shown uncharacteristic willingness to engage with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) during the month of Ramadan, chairing a lengthy meeting to discuss projects, attending the REO's iftar and meeting with REO representatives at his office. Though [...] |
2006-10-11 15:38:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV IZ |
| 06JEDDAH520 |
JEDDAH JOURNAL 17: ISLAMIC FORUM MEETING CANCELED [...] (C) On August 1, the Consulate General received a fax from the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue informing us that our request for a meeting could not be honored at this time, because all of their staff and resources were needed to cope with the crisis in Lebanon. INVESTORS LOBBY GOV [...] |
2006-08-07 07:21:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KISL PREL SA SOCI |
| 06KABUL24 |
MP BIO: ALEMI BALKHI [...] (U) This is the first in a series of biographic reporting cables on Afghanistan's newly elected Parliamentarians. Additional reports will be sent as PolOffs continue to meet personally with new MPs during the coming weeks. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The striking feature of PolOff's December 31 meeting [...] |
2006-01-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM AF |
| 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 |
| 06KUWAIT185 |
AFGHAN AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT ON LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 21 meeting with the Ambassador on GOK assistance and labor issues, Afghan Ambassador to Kuwait Yussuf Samad praised the USG for its ongoing support to Afghanistan; pointed to GOK unwillingness to re-start assistance absent a solution to old GOA arrears; acknowl [...] |
2006-01-21 16:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELAB PGOV PREL PINR AF XD KU |
| 06KUWAIT2239 |
KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTORAL SLOGANS, ALLIANCES, AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU SUFFRAGE |
| 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 |
| 06LONDON4184 |
IRANIAN EXILE GROUP DEDICATED TO REGIME OVERTHROW [...] (C) Summary. The Iranian Solidarity Congress (ISC), an umbrella organization designed to unite disparate Iranian exile groups, held the third in a series of meetings June 3-5 in London. The ISC's stated goal is to develop a common strategy to bring about the nonviolent overthrow of the curr [...] |
2006-06-12 15:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM IR UK |
| 06MOSCOW2447 |
COURT CASES STIR MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ASTRAKHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two ongoing court cases in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have stirred part of the local Muslim community to protest against perceived discrimination. On a February 28 - March 1 trip to Astrakhan, we found that some in its Muslim community suspect that a city order to de [...] |
2006-03-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM RS |
| 06MUMBAI1996 |
POLICE BELIEVE MUSLIMS TARGETED MUSLIMS IN MALEGAON [...] (C) Maharashtra police are now convinced that Muslim extremists purposefully targeted other Muslims in the September 8 bombings in Malegaon that killed 31 persons and injured over 200. The police have told us that Muslim extremists hoped to inflame communal passions in a city with a history [...] |
2006-11-09 03:03:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IN |
| 06PARIS3322 |
WSIS - MULTI-LINGUALISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a joint U.S. Mission to UNESCO and U.S. Mission Geneva cable. A joint ITU/UNESCO symposium on "Multi-lingualism in the Internet" was held in Geneva from May 9 to 11, 2006 followed by a UNESCO Meeting on Cultural Diversity (WSIS Action Line C8) and the Internet on May 1 [...] |
2006-05-18 11:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO EAID ECON UNESCO |
| 06PRAGUE1545 |
CZECHS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. During a visit to Prague December 10-11, NEA PDAS James F. Jeffrey met with MFA officials and members of the Czech Parliament Foreign Relations Committee to discuss Iran, recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, and Middle East issues generally. The Czechs responded favorably [...] |
2006-12-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR EZ |
| 06PRAGUE754 |
RADIO FARDA DISPUTE AT CENTER STAGE IN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION and SUMMARY: This is the first of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. This message looks at several aspects of current ties, notably the impact of Prague-based broadcasting to Iran. The other two cables will focus more directly on non-proliferation. Czech-Iranian r [...] |
2006-07-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC ENRG PGOV PINR CVIS EZ IR |
| 06RABAT335 |
FURTHER MOROCCAN VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) DCM used the opportunity of a February 21 meeting with MFA Director General of Multilateral Relations and Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss GOM views on Iran. (NB: Azeroual served as Moroccan Ambassador to Iran from 1993 to 2000 and speaks Farsi.) Azeroual s [...] |
2006-02-24 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RANGOON576 |
NLD BASHING TRUMPS COUNTERDRUG SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary: According to attendees at an April 26 drug burn in eastern Shan State, the GOB's Minister of Information and other senior officials hijacked the law enforcement event to pursue an ongoing political campaign to paint exile groups as terrorists and to denigrate recent efforts by the [...] |
2006-04-28 10:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR BM |
| 06ROME438 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Italy has relatively few instances of fraud in connection with consular services. Italians, who enjoy a developed economy and access to the visa waiver program, find little reason to commit fraud to obtain visas or passports. The Italian government has a relatively secure [...] |
2006-02-13 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IT EUN |
| 06TELAVIV448 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UNSC member Germany decided to transfer [...] |
2006-01-31 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT |
| 06TELAVIV4679 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KMDR |
| 06TOKYO1557 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/06 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 06TOKYO6160 |
MOFA PAINTS AZADEGAN CONTRACT CHANGE IN POSITIVE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Hideki Ito told EMIN on October 20 that Inpex's reduction in ownership of the Iranian Azadegan oil field from 75 percent to 10 percent has effectively delayed the start to the project by at least a year. [...] |
2006-10-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV JA |
| 07ABUDHABI510 |
INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) On March 25, DCM delivered reftel non-paper and copy of the resolution to MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan who opined that while it was a good thing that the sanctions presented a unified approach from the world community, he very much doubted that Iran would be moved in a positive direction [...] |
2007-03-26 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC TRGY AORC AE |
| 07AMMAN4444 |
DESPITE CONCERNS, SENIOR OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings with senior Jordanian government officials on October 28, Ambassador Crocker noted that the surge had been successful, stressed that opportunities remain to constrain Iran, and emphasized the importance and potential impact of an Arab diplomatic presence [...] |
2007-11-01 18:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ JO PGOV PREL |
| 07ANKARA1577 |
ONE VIEW ON TURKEY'S IRANIAN DIASPORA (C-TN7-00225) [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one expert at a leading Turkish think tank, the Iranian population in Turkey numbers no more than fifty thousand, most of whom are students or other short-term economic migrants. Due to a fear of Iran's intelligence services, the Iranian community in Turkey maintai [...] |
2007-06-21 06:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL SCUL AJ IR TU |
| 07ANKARA383 |
SCENESETTER FOR CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C) Introduction: The U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship is in a critical phase as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink murder, [...] |
2007-02-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
| 07ASHGABAT460 |
LTG WHITCOMB VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN, 24-25 APRIL [...] (C) Commander, ARCENT was cordially received in meetings with Turkmenistan's Deputy Defense Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister on April 25, 2007. The Deputy Defense Minister characterized current military cooperation with the United States as 'good,' especially in the areas of humanitarian [...] |
2007-05-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX |
| 07ASHGABAT661 |
TURKMENISTAN SHOWCASES INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AT [...] (U) A host government-organized conference dedicated to Islamic scholar Mahmyt Zamahshary from May 23 to 25 was surprisingly close to a legitimate international scholarly conference, despite the usual ceremonial trappings of such conferences under late President Niyazov. The event's ceremonia [...] |
2007-07-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL TX US |
| 07ASHGABAT873 |
TURKMENISTAN: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided at the highest level it wants to cooperate with the United States on economic reform and energy policy. We need to take advantage of this historic opportunity with a tiger-team response. If we can be nimble enough to be successful, we will have three o [...] |
2007-08-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EPET KDEM KIRF IR |
| 07ASTANA2934 |
KAZAKHSTANI BUSINESSMAN AGAIN REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (S) Rakhat Kereitbayev (General Director of KazInvest, Chairman of the Board of Kanimansur, and Advisor to Kazyna Chairman Kelimbetov) updated Econoff on October 14 and 24 on the latest status of the Kazakhstani bid for Afghanistan's AYNAK mine (Ref A and B). Zia Massoud, Afghanistan's 1st Vi [...] |
2007-10-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | AF CH ECON EINV ELTN EMIN ETRD IR KZ PGOV |
| 07BAGHDAD3414 |
KEEPING THE MOMENTUM IN MAYSAN: KEY AREAS FOR [...] (U) This is PRT Maysan report. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Despite four years and over USD 200 Million of consent-winning projects in rural and urban Maysan, the province remains solidly allergic to any Coalition military activity. That said, the recent burst of engagement opens the d [...] |
2007-10-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
| 07BAKU1306 |
JOURNALIST EYNULLA FATULLAYEV CONVICTED OF [...] (SBU) On October 30, already-jailed journalist Eynulla Fatullayev was sentenced to eight years and six months' imprisonment on charges of supporting terrorism, inciting ethnic and religious hatred, and tax evasion (articles 214.1, 283.2.2, and 213.2.2 of the criminal code); he was also fined 2 [...] |
2007-10-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
| 07BAKU392 |
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE IRANIAN DIASPORA [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to the Azerbaijani State Migration Service, the Iranian diaspora community in Azerbaijan numbers approximately 10,000 and is made up predominantly of ethnic Azeris, Talysh and Persians. Despite the appreciable number of Iranians living in Azerbaijan, especially in t [...] |
2007-04-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN MASS PINR PREL SCUL IR AJ |
| 07BAKU581 |
FARAH PANDITH'S MEETINGS WITH AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani religious officials emphasized Azerbaijan's history of religious tolerance and interconfessional cooperation in April 25 meetings with EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith. Dr. Haji Sabir Hassanli, the rector of Baku Islamic University, said the university has approxima [...] |
2007-05-15 03:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL AJ |
| 07BAKU608 |
IRANIAN ACADEMIC CALLS FOR EXPANDED BROADCASTING [...] (C) Summary: In a 16 May meeting with Embassy Iran Watcher, Professor Gholam-Reza Sabri-Tabrizi (please protect), an ethnic Azeri academic teaching at Edinburgh University and head of the Baku-based Coordinating Committee of World Azerbaijanis, called for the U.S. to support broadcasting effo [...] |
2007-05-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PROP IR AJ |
| 07BAKU761 |
A CLOSER LOOK AT IRANIAN STUDENTS IN BAKU [...] (S) Summary: On June 13, Iran Watcher met with five Iranian students (all ethnic Azeris) studying in Baku. The students estimated that approximately 3,000 Iranian students were pursuing an education in Azerbaijan, most concentrated at Baku State University and the Medical University. (This [...] |
2007-06-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IR AJ |
| 07BAKU766 |
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C/NF) Summary: According to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Armenian diaspora community in Iran numbers approximately 300,000 and is centered in and around the cities of Tehran and Esfahan. An officially recognized re [...] |
2007-06-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL IR GG AM AJ |
| 07BAKU804 |
GOAJ SHARES DOCUMENT ALLEGING IRANIAN PLOT IN [...] (C) During a June 14 meeting with the "Friends of Azerbaijan" on media freedom, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev gave the Ambassador a Farsi-language document that he said indicated that Iranian security forces had instructed Iranian religious groups to use the media to foment disse [...] |
2007-06-26 10:42:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
| 07BAKU820 |
FOLLOW-UP ON THE IRANIAN DIASPORA IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) estimates put the size of the Iranian diaspora community in Azerbaijan at 10,000, non-official estimates range from 10,000 to 25,000. The majority of Iranians living in Azerbaijan appear to do so for economic or political reasons; mos [...] |
2007-06-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR SCUL IR AJ |
| 07BASRAH104 |
IRANIAN FRONT GROUP COMES OUT OF THE SHADOWS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Leaders of Sayyid al-Shuhada (translated as `Lord of the Martyrs'), an Iraqi Shia party with close ties to Iranian intelligence, met with Regional Embassy Officers (REO) on November 3. They told us this was an introductory meeting to dispel rumors of their Iranian ties, nefario [...] |
2007-11-05 14:03:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH64 |
FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN BASRAH? [...] (S - REL MNF-I) On June 28, three British soldiers were killed by an IED as they were escorting a convoy from the Basrah Palace to the Basrah Air Station. British forces subsequently recovered a video recording of the incident. British sources believe that the male voices overheard on the rec [...] |
2007-07-22 09:48:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PTER MOPS IZ IR LE SY |
| 07BERLIN161 |
U.S.-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA AND LUNCH ON [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Assistant Secretary Dan Fried in Dresden January 12, EU Political Directors agreed on the importance of continued U.S.-EU coordination on Kosovo, specifically on the need to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan and to resist Russian pressure that might del [...] |
2007-01-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GM |
| 07BERLIN254 |
GERMAN MPS NOTE IRANIAN UNITY ON NUCLEAR ISSUE, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Two delegations of German parliamentarians recently visited Iran on fact-finding missions, encountering broad-based support for the Iranian nuclear program and ignorance about the exact details of the international community's position on an Iranian civil nuclear program. O [...] |
2007-02-08 10:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL GM IR |
| 07BERLIN386 |
GERMAN RESPONSE TO CIVIL SOCIETY PROGRAMMING [...] (C) (SUMMARY): With 2006 expenditures totaling nearly two million Euros, Germany's approach to supporting Iranian civil society focuses on broadcasting, exchange, cultural, and educational activities. Reflecting Germany's general caution on promoting civil society in the region, the GOG tends [...] |
2007-02-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GM IR |
| 07BRUSSELS189 |
EU REACHES COMPROMISE ON UNSCR 1737 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C/NF) After protracted negotiations, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the EU Council reached agreement January 18 on a draft text on EU's implementation of UNSCR 1737. The draft must still be considered by the foreign ministers' General Affairs Council (GAERC) on Jan 22, and th [...] |
2007-01-19 13:43:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN KDEM PHUM PARM PINR SNAR IR EUN |
| 07BRUSSELS666 |
EU CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY PROGRAMMING IN IRAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Feb. 27 to Francois Massoulie at the European Commission, who just returned from Tehran where he said the mood is "gloomy" regarding any collaboration between Iranian NGOs or individuals and Western governments. Massoulie, the desk officer for Iran at the C [...] |
2007-02-28 16:34:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM EUN KPAO PREL PGOV IR BE EAID |
| 07DAMASCUS162 |
SUNNI RELIGIOUS LEADER INSISTS SARG TRYING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MID-FEBRUARY CONVERSATION WITH A/DCM, DAYS BEFORE BASHAR AL-ASAD'S MOST RECENT TRIP TO TEHRAN, PROMINENT SUNNI SHEIKH SALAH KUFTARO CRITICIZED THE ASAD REGIME FOR TRYING TO SUPPRESS SUNNI CRITICISM OF IRANIAN-LED "SHIA-IZATION" ACTIVITIES IN SYRIA. WHILE PROVIDING FEW SPEC [...] |
2007-02-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV KISL PREL SOCI SY IR |
| 07DAMASCUS384 |
Syria/Russia, Syria/Qatar, Syria/Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Apr. 20 reported President Asad's meeting on Apr. 19 with the Russian President Putin's Special Envoy, Alexander Sultanov, who conveyed a message from Putin about bilateral relations and the situation in the region. Talks focused on the situation in Iraq, and on the [...] |
2007-04-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 07DAMASCUS470 |
Palestinian Territories, Syria/Iran, Asad/ Referendum, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 17 featured an official Syrian statement issued on May 16 expressing Syria's deep concern about the bloody clashes among Palestinians in Gaza. "Fighting among Palestinians comes at a time when they must close ranks and boost national unity in the framework of [...] |
2007-05-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 07DAMASCUS50 |
Syria/Iraq, Syria/Australia, Syria/US, Syria/UN, Bush's [...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend reported the visit to Damascus by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, beginning on Jan. 14, the first such visit in three decades. President Talabni received a warm welcome in Syria. He was received by and met with President Asad. Talks during the meeting [...] |
2007-01-16 08:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY |
| 07DOHA330 |
QATAR AIRWAYS CHAIRMAN SEES MORE BOEINGS AND [...] (C) Summary: At a recent meeting with Ambassador, Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways (QA), discussed QA expansion plans for the near future, which he said now include the purchase of 60 Boeing 777 aircraft, up from an original buy of 20. According to Al Baker, QA will fly to Los Angeles and [...] |
2007-03-28 13:05:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS EAIR PREL QA KHLS IR |
| 07DUSHANBE1031 |
AFGHAN VIEWS FROM NORTH OF THE BORDER: PROSPECTS FOR [...] Summary. Not far from the nearly-completed U.S.-funded Nizhniy Pyanj bridge at the Tajik-Afghan border, Afghan traders ferry goods from Pakistan, China, and Iran into southern Tajikistan. The opening of the Nizhniy Pyanj bridge will open the door for more trade while decreasing the opportuni [...] |
2007-07-06 09:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TI |
| 07DUSHANBE525 |
TAJIKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) Five months after the presidential election secured President Rahmonov a third seven-year term, Tajikistan seems to have stalled on the road of reform. Throughout 2006, Rahmonov assured international visitors and his public alike that "after the election," new blood and new ideas would [...] |
2007-04-09 07:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI |
| 07DUSHANBE786 |
PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...] |
2007-06-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR |
| 07HAMBURG24 |
ISLAMIC CENTER HAMBURG'S AYATOLLAH SHARES INITIATIVES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CG Hamburg and Embassy Berlin Iranwatcher hosted an informal meeting at the CGR with the head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg (ICH), Ayatollah Seyyed Abbas Hosseini Ghaemmaghami on March 20. Ghaemmaghami, an Iranian national who has served as the ICH director since 2004, discu [...] |
2007-03-23 11:12:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GM IR |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI23 |
REFORMIST MP ON POLITICAL STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-18 06:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV 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 |
| 07IRANRPODUBAI35 |
AHMADI-NEJAD REACHES OUT TO IRANIAN DIASPORA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-15 16:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 07ISTANBUL1015 |
IRAN/ENERGY: AN IRANIAN DELEGATION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In the best of Iranian bazaar tradition, an Iranian delegation representing Iran's oil ministry and energy industry attending a November 15-16 energy conference in Istanbul tried hard to portray Iran and its vast oil and gas reserves as a stabilizing force for regional energy markets and [...] |
2007-11-28 06:38:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL ECON IR TU |
| 07ISTANBUL855 |
AN IRANIAN ACTIVIST'S ADVICE ON REACHING THE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-21 04:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM IR TU |
| 07KABUL1190 |
IRAN AND FORMER-SOVIET STATES VIE FOR INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several sources within the GOA and media community have pointed out increasing efforts by Iran, Russia and former-Soviet Central Asian states to gain influence in the Afghan media. Minister of Information Abdul Karim Khoram has described Afghan culture as "under assault" from Ira [...] |
2007-04-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF IR |
| 07KABUL1867 |
NY TIMES BESTSELLER PROMPTS THREATS FOR KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-06 07:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PHUM PK PREF PREL PTER |
| 07KABUL2334 |
PRT HERAT: IRAN AS A MULTI-FACETED ACTOR IN HERAT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran's strategic and economic interests in western Afghanistan, and particularly in Herat, are expressed in a mix of traditional (mostly soft) and non-traditional (harder-edged) engagements. While Iran's sponsorship of official and unofficial crossborder delegations and aid/develo [...] |
2007-07-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IR AF |
| 07KABUL2649 |
PRT HERAT: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The mood in Herat Province has soured due to deterioration of the security and economic environment. A wave of murders and the presence of illegal armed groups with connections to old warlords has undermined confidence in the government. Unemployment has increased due to the [...] |
2007-08-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON PTER SOCI EAID MARR IR AF |
| 07KABUL723 |
PRT FARAH: A NEW GOVERNOR TAKES OFFICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Farah Province welcomed its third governor in six months as Mawlawi Mohideen Baluch took up office January 31. In a public speech, Baluch outlined his priorities to build a madrassa and university, improve the economy, maintain existing Iran-Afghan relations, reach out to anti-g [...] |
2007-03-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR IR AF |
| 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 |
| 07LISBON3114 |
NOVEMBER US-EU COTER MEETING ENHANCES DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and EU counterterrorism (CT) experts shared their assessments, concerns, and cooperation agendas at the November 29 working group meeting on terrorism (COTER). In response to the U.S. briefing on the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TS/CTP), the Portuguese presid [...] |
2007-12-07 16:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EUN PO |
| 07LJUBLJANA22 |
SLOVENIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia has a small mission in Tehran headed by a charge and staffed with one additional officer. The second officer speaks Farsi and both will be in Tehran through Slovenia's EU presidency which will conclude in July 2008. According to MFA Iran desk officer Maja Novak, the p [...] |
2007-01-17 10:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO SI IR |
| 07LONDON3923 |
XXXXXXXXXXXX ARGUES TIME IS RIPE FOR [...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Islamic republic of Iran decision-makers lack the confidence to initiate an offer to the West to soften Iran's nuclear or regional posture, but are now, due to internal political conditions, hoping for a Western-initiated proposal on [...] |
2007-10-12 16:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK |
| 07LONDON3983 |
AMBASSADOR THANKS IRAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request for Chiefs of Mission worldwide to underscore U.S. support for democracy advocates, Ambassador met October 11 with two UK-based Iranian expatriate journalists to thank them for their years of advocacy for human rights and democracy in Iran and to lead their dis [...] |
2007-10-19 12:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PHUM IR UK |
| 07LONDON473 |
FY-2007 TEACHING AREA STUDIES, 11/15-12/2/06: EVALUATION BY [...] SUMMARY/RESULTS-IMPACT ------------------------- A). Ali Pedram found this an interesting and informative program on all fronts, academically, professionally and personally. It destroyed the preconceived ideas he had of the United States and its culture as well as its foreign policy toward th [...] |
2007-02-06 17:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL IR UK |
| 07LONDON788 |
SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iran Team Human Rights Leader, Stephen Hickey, described to Poloff several overlapping project areas, centering on media outreach, judicial reform and human rights, in which UK Government is supporting democratic reform in Iran. Hickey provided this [...] |
2007-03-01 14:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EUN IR UK |
| 07NEWDELHI2254 |
GOI REMAINS SKEPTICAL ON IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: EconMinCouns delivered to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan on May 9 information that he had requested (ref A) confirming that -- contrary to top Iranian officials' claims to Srinivasan -- Iran does not have domestic engineering and technologi [...] |
2007-05-10 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | EPET ELTN PREL EINV PGOV IN PK IR |
| 07PARIS159 |
FRANCE SEEKS EU COVER ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 16 to MFA Iran Desk Officer Arnaud Pescheux, who indicated that France had not budgeted any funds for democracy promotion in Iran. "If we were to do something, it would undoubtedly be via Brussels," Pescheux said. He noted that France "anticipate [...] |
2007-01-16 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PREL FR IR |
| 07PRAGUE1156 |
IRANIAN DELEGATION VISIT: CZECH REPUBLIC SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Parliamentarian Majlis Alaeddin Boroujedi of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee met with Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg and several parliamentary groups during his visit to Prague October 15-17. Based on conversations with the Foreign Minister, M [...] |
2007-10-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ |
| 07PRAGUE1293 |
IRAN BLASTS THE CZECHS FOR REACTION TO NIE [...] (C) Summary: Iran has reacted harshly to the Czech stance on the recently released NIE and their decision to continue missile defense negotiations. They appear to have, at least temporarily, halted what were tentative steps towards normalizing relations. End summary 2. (C) During a meeti [...] |
2007-12-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV IR EZ EUN |
| 07PRAGUE788 |
TEHRAN SPRING? CZECHS SEE POSSIBLE THAW IN [...] (C) Summary. In a June 18-19 visit to Tehran, Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova had surprisingly friendly meetings with key Iranian government officials to explore the possibility of improving relations between the estranged countries. While the focus of the trip was squarely on n [...] |
2007-06-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ |
| 07STATE164866 |
IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): REPORTED [...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Press reports indicate that ONCG Videsh Limited (OVL) and the Hinduja group are seeking to participate jointly in two Iranian oil/gas projects --the development of Iran,s Azadegan oilfield and of some portion (perhaps Pha [...] |
2007-12-07 21:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN |
| 07STATE2659 |
SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Background: Department wishes to gain current information about EU member states, efforts to promote democratic reform in Iran, including civil society, respect for human rights, and freedom of information. Through its Freedom [...] |
2007-01-09 19:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN |
| 07STATE54846 |
Walk-In Guidance for 2007 - Administrative Procedures For Handling Foreign National Walk-Ins, Defectors and Asylum Seekers [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: THE INFORMATION IN THIS TELEGRAM MUST BE HANDLED WITH UTMOST DISCRETION AND DUE DILIGENCE. THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS UPDATED GUIDANCE AND PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING FOREIGN NATIONAL WALK-INS, DEFECTORS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AT OVERSEAS POSTS. IT DESCRIBES PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN RE [...] |
2007-04-24 21:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS PINR PREF |
| 07TELAVIV2652 |
U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD [...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...] |
2007-08-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP |
| 07TELAVIV324 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the suicide bombing that took place in a neighborhood bakery in Eilat on Monday morning -- the first such incident in the city. Media reported that one of the victims, [...] |
2007-01-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV3385 |
PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the internal situation in Iran with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli side made the following points: ( [...] |
2007-11-29 07:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS |
| 07TELAVIV704 |
ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. North Korea ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet next week, probably at Olmert's official residence in Jerusalem. The newspaper r [...] |
2007-03-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IS |
| 07TELAVIV741 |
IRAN: CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S DINNER WITH SHARANSKY [...] (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, th [...] |
2007-03-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC KNNP KPAL KWBG IR IS |
| 08AITTAIPEI1735 |
MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, OBAMA'S NOMINATION [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 13-15 news coverage on former President Chen Shui-bian's indictment and on the launching of the "big three links," namely, air, sea and postal service directly between Taiwan and mainland China. In terms of editorials and com [...] |
2008-12-15 09:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 08ANKARA1091 |
TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Parliament passed a law June 11 with a provision that allows state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) to devote one of its 24-hour television channels to foreign-language broadcasting -- specifically, Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. The bill will be sent [...] |
2008-06-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA1149 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA1237 |
TURKISH-IRANIAN ETHNIC OPPOSITION GROUPS UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iranian regime is suppressing Azeri-Iranian (Turkish) ethnic opposition groups in Iran, leading those groups to become more militant and espouse armed struggle, according to Center for Eurasian and Strategic Studies (ASAM) Middle East Expert Arif Keskin (protect). Ethnic na [...] |
2008-07-09 12:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU |
| 08ANKARA309 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 08ANKARA315 |
TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary and comment. PM Erdogan and officials from the state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network announced plans February 17 for TRT to dedicate a channel to broadcast an array of Kurdish language programs. The PM set no rollout date, but his statement provides the most specifics to dat [...] |
2008-02-19 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANKARA559 |
TURKEY: SE KURDS HOPE REFORM MOMENTUM WILL [...] (C) Optimistic voices in the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and Diyarbakir NGO community view the combination of Western pressure, alleged Turkish military set-backs against the PKK, and the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) self-interest in expanding democratic refor [...] |
2008-03-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
| 08ANKARA719 |
TURKEY: BILL EXPANDING KURDISH LANGUAGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Parliament's Planning and Budget Subcommittee will take up a bill April 18 submitted by Turkey's state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network to expand Kurdish-language (and other foreign language) broadcasting. The draft legislation follows up on PM Erdogan's Februar [...] |
2008-04-17 11:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
| 08ANTANANARIVO748 |
IRAN SEEKS FRIENDS IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Marquardt, Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Amar gave a detailed read-out of the recent visit of Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Envoy of the President, Hossain Sheikholislam. After meeting with the Malagasy Prime Minist [...] |
2008-11-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR MA PINR PREL |
| 08ASHGABAT1189 |
TURKMENISTAN: AN IRANIAN-AMERICAN BAHAI AT HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboff's recent conversation with an elderly Iranian-American Bahai religious worker in Ashgabat revealed a refreshing exception to the problems faced by minority religious groups in Turkmenistan, including registered organizations. The fact that this Bahai community elder is a [...] |
2008-09-09 09:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL IR TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1417 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: OIL MINISTER VISITS ASHGABAT; [...] (SBU) According to the October 28th edition of the Russian-language Neytralniy Turkmenistan" and Iranian press reports, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari attended the Independence Day festivities in Ashgabat on October 27 and met with President Berdimuhamedov to discuss bilateral energy coope [...] |
2008-10-29 12:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINR PREL IR TX |
| 08ASHGABAT1556 |
IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS OF LIFE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with emboffs, a Hungarian diplomat posted in Tehran described what it is like to live and work in the Islamic Republic. He confirmed that Iran's economy is in very bad shape, and that people are becoming more and more critical of the government's ineptitude. Iranians [...] |
2008-12-03 10:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV IR TX |
| 08BAGHDAD1027 |
DAWA PARTY OFFICIAL ON BASRAH OPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dawa Party official Haidar al-Abadi told us April 1 that Iraqi public opinion, as demonstrated through claimed pro-GOI demonstrations in Basrah and elsewhere, and the Najaf-based Marja'iyah are strongly behind PM Maliki in his efforts to deal firmly with militias and armed [...] |
2008-04-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD1308 |
UK FOREIGN MINISTER: MOTTAKI IS COCKY [...] (S) Summary: Following his participation in the Neighbors Conference in Kuwait, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus on April 24. The meeting covered a wide range of topics including Iranian influence in Iraq, the current security situation [...] |
2008-04-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD2230 |
IRAN PROFITING FROM KARBALA'S NEED FOR BRICKS [...] (S) Summary: Iranian companies are the primary beneficiaries of Karbala,s need for bricks to rebuild. The provincial government claims it wishes to foster a local brickmaking capability and five brick factories have been established here. During a visit to the site of the factories on July 1 [...] |
2008-07-18 02:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ELAB PINR IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD23 |
PRT MAYSAN: IA OFFICIALS SHARE SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In private and official discussions the Iraqi Army 10th Division Commander and his Maysan Brigade Commander expressed concern over the security situation in al-Amarah since the December 12 bombing. They advised that an ongoing se [...] |
2008-01-03 06:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV |
| 08BAGHDAD2304 |
MEK SECURITY TRANSITION: INFORMAL MULTI-PARTY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Informal discussions on July 20 among the GOI, USG, ICRC, UNAMI, and Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)leaders from Ashraf helped to clarify the positions and roles that each party would play in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI, and the ensuing questions of [...] |
2008-07-24 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KJUS PINS PTER PREL UN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2643 |
KARBALA CELEBRATES SECURE SHABANIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala officials and residents alike are breathing a sigh of relief after the annual Shabaniyah observance, which culminated in the early morning hours on September 17, passed without incident within the province (although violence was recorded in other provinces among pilgrim [...] |
2008-08-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL SOCI KISL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2801 |
NINEWA: SHEBAK LEADERS FROM BARTALA TOWN RESIST [...] (C) Summary. Shebak political leaders from Bartala town told us that they prefer to remain a part of Ninewa Province in an August meeting. Shebak Democratic Assembly representatives said that the short-term security benefits of existence under KRG control are not worth the dangers of the com [...] |
2008-09-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER ECON KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3149 |
KARBALA: PERSIANS PIRATING PUBLICATIONS [...] (SBU) A QRF project to provide a number of badly needed English engineering books to the Provincial Engineering Department illustrates Iran's violation of intellectual property rights. Of the 175 titles delivered by a local supplier to the PRT for inspection, all were counterfeits. Although a [...] |
2008-09-29 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KIPR IQ IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3796 |
GOI DELIVERS ASSURANCES TO MEK, TAKES CUSTODY OF [...] (C) Summary: A GOI delegation led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim conveyed the GOI's humanitarian assurances to the USG to the Camp Ashraf (Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)) leadership during a November 26 visit. The GOI had been reluctant to officially convey the assurances, concerned tha [...] |
2008-12-04 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PTER PINS PREF IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD434 |
FRENCH DIPLOMATS WELCOME VISIT; GUARDED ABOUT IRAQ [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. In a February 12 meeting - the first on French Embassy premises with U.S. Emboffs in at least 18 months, if not since 2003 -- French DCM Alexandre Garcia and Political Counselor Sylvain Fourriere (protect both) told DepPolCounselor that ongoing security concerns and pervasive [...] |
2008-02-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD631 |
AHMADINEJAD VISIT MOSTLY PR; STRONG SIGNAL THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's overnight visit largely confirmed its advance billing as a PR exercise. The substance, centered around the signing of seven MOUs, including a USD 1 billion loan package, will require time to evaluate. The trip did send a strong visual that shoul [...] |
2008-03-03 18:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
| 08BAKU1069 |
IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW [...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...] |
2008-11-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ |
| 08BAKU478 |
SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S BOUCHER,S MAY 30 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on the success of the BTC and SCP pipelines, Azerbaijan could become a still more important producer and transit country for Capsian energy reserves. Several key issues must be resolved. Azerbaijan is working quietly with Turkmenistan to improve their relationship, sett [...] |
2008-05-23 11:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG |
| 08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN97 |
BRUNEI/IRAN: UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE, READOUT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Brunei (GOB) readout of Foreign Minister II Lim's trip to Tehran paints it as a non-substantive event designed primarily to satisfy the diplomatic requirement of responding to a long-standing Iranian request for a high-level visit. The majority of the abbreviated [...] |
2008-03-19 04:58:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ECON IR BX |
| 08BANGKOK1240 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN - IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL [...] (C) Poloffs met with Middle East Division Counselor of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs Dao Vibulpanich on 22 April 2008 to discuss the points outlined in reftel. Vibulpanich advised that following passage of United Nations [...] |
2008-04-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC TH |
| 08BEIJING1600 |
APRIL 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ZIMBABWE ARMS SHIPMENT, [...] Key points at the April 24 MFA press briefing were: -- A Chinese cargo ship will return to China with arms intended for Zimbabwe. -- An EU resolution critical of China's involvement in Africa is "irresponsible" and "groundless." -- The Syria-DPRK nuclear issue should not affect the Six-P [...] |
2008-04-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY CH FR KN JA SY PA XG ZI |
| 08BEIJING2965 |
CHINESE SCHOLARS ON PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Chinese contacts agree that continuing political uncertainty and the resulting diffusion of authority in Pakistan have distracted Pakistan's leadership from addressing counter-terrorism and economic concerns. They say that the Pakistan Government's negotiation approach with tribal [...] |
2008-07-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MNUC CH PK AF IN |
| 08BEIRUT505 |
LEBANON: HIZBALLAH ACKNOWLEDGES TELECOM NETWORK TO [...] (C) Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed al-Bedawi remarked to the Charge on April 10 that Hizballah is very open about all of its operations, including its new fiber optic telecom network. Bedawi also said Hizballah member/resigned Minister of Energy and Water Mohammed Fneish told him he is concerned a [...] |
2008-04-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PTER ECPS PINR EG LE SY |
| 08BISHKEK966 |
OSH TRIP: IFTAR MEETING REVEALS WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of her trip to the southern city of Osh during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for religious and civic leaders on September 16. The evening was intended to introduce her to the Muslim community in the south, though secular leaders an [...] |
2008-09-24 08:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PREL KIRF KG |
| 08BRUSSELS1468 |
IRAN SANCTIONS: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 8 and 9, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with EU and Member State officials to take stock of U.S.-EU cooperation regarding Iran's illicit proliferation activities. U/S Levey underscored the effectiveness o [...] |
2008-09-23 10:45:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP KTFN PTER PHUM PINR IR |
| 08BRUSSELS1715 |
IRAN: EU SEEKS TO BOLSTER PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with European Commission, Council, and Member State representatives indicate that while the will exists to expand their current Iran-related public diplomacy programming, a number of factors are slowing the EU's ability to implement such programs. The absenc [...] |
2008-11-10 06:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL IR KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP |
| 08BRUSSELS863 |
IRAN: FURTHER JAPANESE VIEWS ON P5+1 AND ROME [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-06 15:11:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL ENRG JP EUN |
| 08BRUSSELS955 |
SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND [...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...] |
2008-06-24 11:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN |
| 08CASABLANCA281 |
CASABLANCA REFORMERS FOCUS ON EDUCATION, PARLIAMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: At a reform advocates' luncheon for visiting DAS Kent Patton and Tunis MEPI Director Peter Mulrean on January 16, 2008 in Casablanca, discussion focused on three types of reform: educational, parliamentary and constitutional. The discussion preceded a letter calling for the defe [...] |
2008-01-29 11:14:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ECON SOCI MO |
| 08DUBAI347 |
READOUT OF RECENT JAPAN-IRAN BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (S/NF) Summary. During an August 25 meeting with IRPO Director and Poloffs, Japanese MFA Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi gave an informal readout of the most recent encounters between Japanese and Iranian officials, including regularly scheduled meetings at the Vice Ministerial and Director Gen [...] |
2008-09-01 14:04:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV ETRD ETTC IR JA |
| 08DUSHANBE121 |
IRANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY PROGRAMS OFF TO GOOD START [...] (C/NF) PolEcon Officer met January 15 with International Research Exchange Council Dushanbe staffer Anna Crowley, to discuss progress on State Department-funded training programs targeted at Iranian civil society organizations (reftel). Crowley said that the first seminar, held November 11-15 i [...] |
2008-01-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM TI IR |
| 08HOCHIMINHCITY320 |
LABOR SHIFTS PUT PRESSURE ON MANUFACTURERS [...] (SBU) Southern Vietnam's manufacturing workers are striking in the normally calm post-Tet Lunar New Year months, a precedent that sets the stage for higher wages yet to come. In one of Binh Duong province's key industrial parks, strikes persisted even though local average wages had climbed 30 p [...] |
2008-03-25 10:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB EINV VM |
| 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 |
| 08ISLAMABAD2377 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 12-14, 2008 [...] "10 U.S. Soldiers Killed In Attack On Afghan Base" "Dawn" (07/14) "A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base in the eastern Nuristan province and killed 10 American soldiers and wounded 15 on Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years." [...] |
2008-07-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 08ISTANBUL409 |
ISTANBUL PROTESTANT CHURCH FOUNDATION REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul Protestant Church (IPC) officials lament that their status as a "foundation", while it enables them to hold real estate, has the downside of increasing government control over the church's finances. They also indicate that despite official recognition of their status, [...] |
2008-08-01 11:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU AA OSCE |
| 08ISTANBUL466 |
IRAN'S "BRAIN DRAIN": A SNAPSHOT FROM SHARIF [...] (C) Summary and comment: We spoke recently with several students from Iran's prestigious Sharif University of Technology who are headed to the U.S. for graduate/PhD studies. The students shared their views on Sharif's academic competitiveness and student body; described their reliance on th [...] |
2008-08-27 13:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IR TU |
| 08ISTANBUL557 |
IRANIAN TOURISM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGE? [...] (C) Summary: Iran is making a strong diplomatic push to promote tourism cooperation with Turkey and "friendly" organizations like the D8 and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Iran sees tourism and related investment as a way to ease its isolation and boost economic growth, and th [...] |
2008-11-03 14:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON EINV CVIS SCUL SOCI TU IR |
| 08ISTANBUL77 |
(C) INSIGHTS INTO IRAN'S PRESS TV FROM ITS [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Iranian news channel Press TV's Istanbul correspondent, a UK national, told us that the editors in Tehran do not dictate reporting topics or editorial line, but have set some reporting redlines (e.g., no PJAK or gas cut-off stories, no scenes of Turks drinking alcohol). [...] |
2008-02-12 05:36:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR TU |
| 08KABUL1551 |
PRT Herat: Semi-Annual Herat Province Review [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Herat enjoys a relatively stable security situation, an improvement from this past spring when there was a series of kidnappings. Shindand and Guzara districts remain unsettled. Governor Anwari has worked closely with Coalition forces, the Italian-led PRT, international organiz [...] |
2008-06-24 05:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF |
| 08KABUL1816 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL REED TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Afghanistan remains a complex counterinsurgency environment, in which maintaining strong U.S. support for the Afghan government and robust U.S. leadership of international community assistance efforts is critical to ensuring that momentum for victory remains with us. Press reporting em [...] |
2008-07-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AF |
| 08KABUL1992 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL REID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Afghanistan remains a complex counterinsurgency environment, in which maintaining strong U.S. support for the Afghan government and robust U.S. leadership of international community assistance efforts is critical to ensuring that momentum for victory remains with us. Press reporting em [...] |
2008-08-03 11:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PTER EAID AFIN OREP |
| 08KABUL2175 |
DARI-PASHTO DEBATE DEADLOCKS PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Action in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga (the National Assembly's Lower House) has stalled over a higher education bill because of disagreements over the Pashto and Dari usage of the word "university." The disagreement has stopped most activity in the lower house for more than a week, dela [...] |
2008-08-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
| 08KABUL2193 |
ADVISORS TO RECOMMEND KARZAI SPEAKS ON MANAS AT [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche August 13 to National Security Council Deputy for External Affairs Mohammad Homayoun Tandar. Tandar will recommend President Karzai emphasize at the August 28 Dushanbe Summit the importance of Manas air base to stabilization operations in Afghanistan, bu [...] |
2008-08-19 06:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL AF |
| 08KABUL579 |
IRAN EDUCATES, FUNDS, AND SUPPORTS PLACEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The Afghan Graduates Association, with the support of the Iranian government, is working to place Hazara Afghan refugee university students educated in Iran into positions within the Afghan government and private sector. Iran has committed to providing salaries, contacts, and visa [...] |
2008-03-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR AF |
| 08KUWAIT151 |
IRANIAN DISSIDENT DISCUSSES CONDITION OF AHWAZI [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, A/Polcouns and Poloff met with Ahmad Eidan Neisi (PROTECT/PROTECT), an Iranian Shi'a cleric and political dissident from the Ahwaz region of southwestern Iran. Neisi sought a meeting with Poloffs to discuss the dire social and economic conditions of Ahwazi ethnic Ar [...] |
2008-02-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PHUM PTER ECON IR KU |
| 08KUWAIT337 |
U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MARCH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted the third round of the U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue on March 10. During these discussions, Kuwait condemned Iran's support for terrorism, reiterated its commitment to engaging Iran diplomatically, and expressed its support in implementing UNSC resolutions 1 [...] |
2008-03-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR MASS PTER KPAL KTFN KCIP ASEC |
| 08LIMA488 |
FINANCE MINISTER, CENTRAL BANKER TALK TO TREASURY DAS [...] SUMMARY. Finance Minister Luis Carranza and Central Bank President Julio Velarde told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill March 8 that they were concerned about the appreciation of the Nuevo sol vis a vis the weakening dollar, and the inflation that they attributed to increases [...] |
2008-03-18 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PE |
| 08LONDON1163 |
IRAN: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANTS PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED [...] (C/NF) Summary: Per Department guidance for the Iran Democracy Small Grants program (refs a and b), Embassy London supports and forwards for Department review, and approval and funding, six project proposals submitted to Iran Watcher (Poloff) by Iranian contacts in the UK. Per Department guidan [...] |
2008-04-24 14:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM IR UK |
| 08LONDON2169 |
IRAN: EXPAT SOURCE'S INFORMATION AND VIEWS ON [...] (S) Summary: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reportedly is widely viewed within the regime as a capable and forceful leader and manager who may someday succeed to at least a share of national leadership; his father may also see him in that light. A close ally of Tehran Mayor Q [...] |
2008-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PTER PHUM IR UK |
| 08LONDON365 |
IRAN: SECOND HAND SOURCE CLAIMS EPD'S ARE PACKED, [...] (S/NF) Summary. Well-known Iranian expatriate broadcaster and long-time Embassy contact Ali Reza Nourizadeh passed to London Iran Watcher (Poloff) an allegation, parts of which Nourizadeh said he has independently confirmed, that an IRGC office in central Tehran is packing and shipping to Ir [...] |
2008-02-05 14:56:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ IR UK |
| 08MANAMA336 |
SOME POTENTIAL NEW LEADERS IN BAHRAIN'S CHIEF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL BA |
| 08MANAMA49 |
ASHURA IN BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KIRF PHUM ASEC IR BA |
| 08MEXICO614 |
MEXICO-IRAN RELATIONS: A LOT OF TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (C) More than a year after a dynamic new Iranian Ambassador hit the ground running in Mexico, bilateral relations between the two countries have yet to move beyond the symbolic. Economic ties remain limited and soft-power projections by Iran in Mexico have had little public impact. Mexican off [...] |
2008-02-29 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | ENRG MX PARM PEMEX PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
| 08OTTAWA1552 |
US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...] |
2008-12-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA |
| 08PRAGUE77 |
STATUS OF CZECH ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Although Czech efforts to upgrade their diplomatic relations with Iran (in advance of the Czech 2009 EU Presidency and on a similar footing with other EU members) met with setbacks last year (ref A and B), the Czech MFA continues to pursue the effort. The GOCR cannot anticipate T [...] |
2008-02-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KTFN IZ EZ |
| 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 |
| 08STATE61194 |
Walk-in Guidance for 2008: Administrative [...] (S/NF) Summary: The information in this telegram must be handled with utmost discretion and due diligence. This telegram contains updated guidance and procedures for handling foreign national walk-ins, defectors and asylum seekers at overseas posts. It describes procedures to be followed in re [...] |
2008-06-06 16:22:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS PINR PREF |
| 08STATE93970 |
LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...] |
2008-09-02 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO |
| 08SURABAYA11 |
SOUTH SULAWESI: IRANIAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, REACHING OUT ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Iranian Embassy in Jakarta increased its public diplomacy efforts in Indonesia by establishing five "Iranian Corners" in 2007. The first Iranian Corner outside West Java was established at Hassanudin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, in November, reaching out to studen [...] |
2008-01-29 01:57:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF KISL IR ID PGOV KPAO |
| 08TELAVIV592 |
PRIVATE ISRAELI COMPANY COLLECTS COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) On March 7, Econoff received a briefing from senior executives at Hazard Threat Analysis, Ltd. (HTA), a private company specializing in internet-based counter-terrorism (CT) intelligence gathering. Founder and CEO Aviram Halevi explained that all of HTA's research is based on open source [...] |
2008-03-13 12:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PINR PTER KOGL KTFN IR IS |
| 08THEHAGUE898 |
CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (U) Like the Dutch weather, the sunshine and progress of Executive Council 53 in June (Ref A) returned to more typical dark clouds and rain in Executive Council 54, October 14-17. Despite daily meetings, lobbying, and a small group of key delegations meeting to try and find compromise, the w [...] |
2008-10-24 16:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 08TOKYO1308 |
DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/13/08 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 08TORONTO44 |
Toronto's Iranian Diaspora [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...] |
2008-02-15 13:08:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR |
| 09ABUDHABI378 |
Fraud Summary - Abu Dhabi [...] Country Conditions Note: Many aspects of this report should be viewed in tandem with the Fraud Summary from Consulate General Dubai. While the two posts in the UAE see somewhat different applicant pools (Notably, Dubai is the primary NIV processing post for persons in Iran, while Abu Dhabi [...] |
2009-04-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE |
| 09ANKARA10 |
TURKEY: STATE TV LAUNCHES KURDISH CHANNEL [...] (C) Summary: This is a joint cable Embassy Ankara, Consulate Istanbul, and Consulate Adana. On January 1 the government-run broadcasting service Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) began official 24-hour Kurdish broadcasting on the new TRT 6. While some representatives from Kurdish and human [...] |
2009-01-06 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE EU |
| 09ANKARA1341 |
TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA286 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANKARA349 |
AFGHAN AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR GREATER TURKISH [...] (C) The Afghan Ambassador in Ankara believes that Turkey, as a Muslim country, can provide more effective and acceptable support to Afghanistan than other NATO allies. Military and police training, education, construction, and religious messaging are Turkey's comparative strengths. He argue [...] |
2009-03-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS AF TU |
| 09ANKARA449 |
Ankara: VALIDATION STUDY OF IRANIAN APPLICANTS [...] Summary: Embassy Ankara recently conducted a validation study of Iranian applicants who had been issued B-1/B-2 visas in Ankara during calendar year 2008. The purpose of the study was to determine the overstay rate of Iranian nonimmigrant visa recipients and to better inform Post's adjudicati [...] |
2009-03-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD TU |
| 09ANKARA769 |
TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO |
| 09ANTANANARIVO138 |
COMOROS WELCOMES IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMEDINEJAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of moderate Sunni Comorans saw no contradiction in turning out to enthusiastically welcome Shi'a Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, to the Comoros February 25. Comorans are pro-American, eagerly asking that we reopen our Embassy and Peace Corps program. After year [...] |
2009-02-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL PHUM EAID ECON CN IR PGOV PTER |
| 09ASHGABAT1248 |
TURKMENISTAN: U.S. LOGISTICS COMPANY EXPLAINS [...] (C) On September 28, Economic Officer met with the Managing Director of U.S.-based Bertling Logistics. The Bertling representative, who was raised in Turkey and has been in Ashgabat for 10 years, asserted that commercial conditions in the country have improved immensely in the last few years. [...] |
2009-09-30 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD EPET BTIO PGOV ECON TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1402 |
HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN DISCUSSES "BURNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Ambassador to Iran Gyorgy Busztin met October 29 with Charge to share his views on the situation in Iran. Busztin said the protests marked a turning point for the country, because the government lost legitimacy and people felt the power they had to promote change. He s [...] |
2009-11-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IR TX |
| 09ASHGABAT143 |
TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI AMBASSADOR ON HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Charge, Pakistan's Ambassador to Turkmenistan spoke in frank terms of his country's difficulties. He said he hopes that the U.S. will now pay more attention to resolving the war in Afghanistan, where he served as a diplomat both during the rule of the Tali [...] |
2009-01-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR PREL AF PK TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1521 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: POLISH DIPLOMAT CALLS [...] (C) In a recent conversation with Iran Watcher, Polish Charge d'Affaires Robert Rokicki said that major changes in Turkmenistan's relations with Iran took place following President Berdimuhamedov's visit to Tehran eight months ago. Rokicki, who has been posted in Ashgabat since late last year, [...] |
2009-11-25 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL PINR IR TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1534 |
IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT IN TEHRAN DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran Watcher spoke recently with a Hungarian Embassy officer based in Tehran, who described the growing frustration of Iranian business leaders with the government's policies. He said that more and more businesses cannot meet their obligations and are declaring bankruptcy. In his [...] |
2009-11-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1547 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH SPARKS [...] (C) During a trip to the Farap (Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan) border area on November 29-30, Iran Watcher stopped in at "Cafe Zaineb," a truck-stop/cafe frequented by transiting truck drivers from Iran and Turkey. There were few truckers, and no Iranians, present, due to the fact that the main road [...] |
2009-12-04 04:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT204 |
IRAN: TURKMEN SCHOLAR SEES CHANGES IN IRAN [...] (C) A prominent Persian language scholar with close ties to Iranian academics told Iran Watcher this week that he fears that vote-rigging, similar to what was alleged to have occurred in the 2005 Iranian Presidential elections, will determine the outcome of Iran's Presidential election in Jun [...] |
2009-02-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT238 |
IRAN: TEHRAN PHYSICIAN COMMENTS ON EVERYDAY LIFE [...] (C) Iran Watcher recently met with a Turkmenistan-trained physician who has lived and worked in Iran for most of the last ten years. XXXXXXXXXXXX, originally from Ashgabat, has practiced medicine in Tehran since settling there with her husband, the son of a retired XXXXXXXXXXXX. They recently [...] |
2009-02-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT283 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...] |
2009-03-02 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL SNAR TX |
| 09ASHGABAT284 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...] |
2009-03-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR PGOV PREL SNAR TX |
| 09ASHGABAT294 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: MORE ON BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S TEHRAN [...] (C) The Charge met March 3 with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang, who offered further insight on the implications of President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Tehran (reftel). (NOTE: Ambassador Lang is a fluent Farsi speaker who has spent time in both Iran and Afghanistan and wrote a doctoral [...] |
2009-03-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET IR PGOV PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT370 |
TURKMENISTAN: IRANIANS TRAVEL EN MASSE TO ASHGABAT [...] (SBU) Hundreds of Iranian tourists from the northern city of Mashhad have arrived in Ashgabat to spend part or all of the Nowruz holidays. Most made the 140-mile trip from Iran's second largest city by bus as part of one of several organized tour groups and are staying at the city's moderatel [...] |
2009-03-23 14:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT415 |
TURKMENISTAN/UZBEKISTAN BORDER: ON THE ROAD WITH [...] (C) More than 40,000 Iranian truckers travel to or through Turkmenistan each year, the majority passing in either direction through the Farap border crossing on the Uzbek border. As night falls, dozens of drivers congregate at cafes and parking lots, or on the side of the road on either side [...] |
2009-04-02 08:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT55 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: POLISH AMBASSADOR'S PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland's Ambassador to Turkmenistan reports that Iran and Turkmenistan have not agreed on a price for natural gas sales to Iran and are waiting until Turkmenistan and Russia reach a similar agreement. He said that Iran not only hopes to gain a foothold in Turkmenistan's energy s [...] |
2009-01-14 12:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET IR PGOV PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT737 |
TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: ASHGABAT RESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TX |
| 09ASHGABAT762 |
IRAN: SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI REPORTEDLY CALLS IN [...] (C) Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei met with presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi on June 15 to discuss the presidential election results and recent unrest involving Mousavi's supporters, according to Polish Ambassador to Turkmenistan Maciej Lang. Lang, who is a fluent Farsi speaker and pr [...] |
2009-06-17 11:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KDEM PHUM PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT897 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN COMPANY MANAGER SAYS [...] (C) In a July 14 conversation with Iran Watcher, the general manager of the Ashgabat branch of Iran Samen said that the U.S. needs to focus on reaching out to the "more than 20 million Iranians who voted for Mir-Hussein Mousavi." Gholamreza Gieahpour, who has headed the office since 1996. He a [...] |
2009-07-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT940 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: HOW TURKMEN VIEW RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) Decreased travel to and from Iran in the last decade and the lack of independent media and internet access in Turkmenistan have all contributed to a general lack of knowledge or understanding among Turkmen about their neighbor to the south, despite the presence of over a million ethnic Tur [...] |
2009-07-28 13:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PHUM PREL TX |
| 09ASHGABAT993 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: SCHOLAR PREDICTS MORE OF THE [...] (C) In a conversation this week with Iran Watcher, Ghandeem Gurbanov, Turkmenistan's most prominent Farsi language scholar, who currently teaches at the Iranian Embassy's Cultural Center in Ashgabat, said that Iranians residing in Turkmenistan voted nearly unanimously for and continue to suppo [...] |
2009-08-05 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
| 09ASTANA1006 |
KAZAKHSTAN: KEY MAJILIS LEADER NAMED AMBASSADOR TO IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov told the Ambassador on June 11 he has been appointed ambassador to Iran and is awaiting agrement. He described the draft Internet law as "not right, but necessary," admitted that it was par [...] |
2009-06-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ETRD KDEM RU IR KZ |
| 09BAGHDAD1811 |
GOI PLANS ULTIMATUM TO CLOSE ASHRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings between GOI and USG officials last week, the GOI committee responsible for the Mujahedin-e-Khalq's Camp Ashraf appeared increasingly intent on closing Camp Ashraf. GOI officials informed acting Pol-Mil Couns that plans are underway to enter the camp, est [...] |
2009-07-06 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
| 09BAGHDAD1947 |
MEK REJECTS GOI PROPOSAL FOR CAMP ASHRAF AND [...] (S) On July 16, 2009, CG TF- 134 (tasked with security oversight of Camp Ashraf) convened a VTC with MEK representatives, headed by Mojgan Parsaie, in Camp Ashraf (Diyala, Iraq) to convey, per reftel, the GOI's plans to: establish a police station in Camp Ashraf; appoint a new Iraqi commande [...] |
2009-07-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2070 |
ISCI/BADR OFFICIALS ON IRANIAN ELECTION, MEK, AND [...] (C) On August 1, Post's IW and Poloff met with Tahsin al-Azzawi, deputy chairman of the Badr Organization and member of parliament, and Haitham al-Husseini, Senior Advisor and personal aide to ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim. The ensuing discussion covered post-election developments in Iran [...] |
2009-08-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2072 |
MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: NO GAME PLAN IN SIGHT FOR GOI [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, USG officials met with GOI Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali Abdul Amir al-Yassery to discuss the GOI's near-future plans regarding the standoff with the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) in Ashraf. (Note: The GOI has changed the name of Ashraf to Camp New Iraq. End Note.) Al-Y [...] |
2009-08-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV IR IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2142 |
BAGHDAD FAILY KURDS - NOT SO KURD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad's Faily Kurds, a Muslim Kurd minority, continue to grapple with issues of identity that were exacerbated by Saddam Hussein's repressive policies. They appear to have little affinity for Iraqi Kurdistan and its leaders. Rather, they say they support PM Maliki's efforts [...] |
2009-08-10 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL SMIG KERF IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD2599 |
MOSQUE DISPUTE RAISES SECTARIAN TENSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: An ongoing dispute over whether a mosque located in the Salman Pak neighborhood of southern Baghdad rightfully belongs to the Sunni or the Shia Endowment is raising sectarian tensions and undermining economic reconstruction efforts in the area. The Prime Minister has appointed a [...] |
2009-09-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD676 |
RRT ERBIL: PROFILE OF PUK NAWSHIRWAN MUSTAFA [...] (C) Summary. This cable profiles Nawshirwan Mustafa, the former Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and leader of the "unofficial" PUK reformist movement in Sulaimaniyah. Long an advocate of change within the PUK, he continues to be a gadfly to the PUK establis [...] |
2009-03-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 09BAKU169 |
IRANIAN SCHOOLTEACHER RELATES STUDENT PROTESTS AND [...] (C) An Iranian schoolteacher from XXXXXXXXXXXX told Iran Watcher that the vast majority of Iranians (but not necessarily the regime) want good relations with the United States, though most are too caught up with their daily problems to focus on this. She described Iranian intellectuals as "c [...] |
2009-03-04 08:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL SNAR AJ IR |
| 09BAKU26 |
YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...] |
2009-01-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR |
| 09BAKU27 |
YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...] |
2009-01-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR |
| 09BAKU818 |
TEHRAN-BAKU TENSIONS HEAT UP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-15 07:08:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PTER SNAR ECON AJ IR |
| 09BEIJING1549 |
JUNE 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, NEW [...] Key points at the June 9 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped all parties would "proceed from the interests of denuclearization and strengthening peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula to avoid a deterioration of the situation. -- Asked directly whether the Treaty of Friendship, Coopera [...] |
2009-06-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS BR GB RS LO |
| 09BEIJING646 |
COMMUNISTS AND ISLAMISTS MAKE FOR STRANGE [...] (C//REL ACGU) Summary: Some Chinese academic and third-country diplomatic contacts believe the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and major Pakistani Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) strengthens the Chinese position in Xinjiang Prov [...] |
2009-03-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER PARM ETRD PK AF CH |
| 09BERLIN1420 |
MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, AFGHANISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall 3. OEF Offensive in Kunduz 4. GM/Opel 5. Top EU Jobs  [...] |
2009-11-10 11:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG |
| 09BERLIN1483 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...] |
2009-11-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG |
| 09BERLIN324 |
MEDIA REACTION: AIG, EU, PAKISTAN, NATO, KOREA, POPE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. AIG Controversy 3. EU Summit 4. Financial Crisis 5. U.S. Strikes in Pakistan 6. French Return to NATO Command 7. Climate Protection 8. North Korean Missile Test 9. Papal Visit to Africa  [...] |
2009-03-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM XG US KN PK FR VT |
| 09BERLIN340 |
GERMAN GOVERNMENT, IRANIAN-GERMAN COMMUNITY REACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government, senior Bundestag members, and prominent members of Germany's Iranian community have responded positively to President Obama's Now Ruz message to the Iranian people and government. Chancellor Merkel noted that the message reflected a European desire for a [...] |
2009-03-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNNP GM IR |
| 09BRASILIA1368 |
AHMADINEJAD VISIT READOUT: A WELL-SCRIPTED AFFAIR [...] (SBU) This message covers our initial readout of the visit to Brazil by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Follow-up messages will be sent once we obtain a more in-depth readout of the conversation between President Lula and President Ahmadinejad. Summary ------- 2. (C) President [...] |
2009-11-25 19:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AORC CASC BR IR |
| 09BRASILIA1391 |
PERES AND ABBAS VISITS IN PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary. The November visits by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, both shortly in advance of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit (ref A), led to few substantive results but helped Brazil craft its narrative as a hopeful emerging player in the Middl [...] |
2009-12-02 17:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM KPAL IS IR |
| 09BRUSSELS1071 |
SRAP HOLBROOKE, EU HIGH REP SOLANA DISCUSS [...] (S//NF) Summary: On July 28, SRAP Richard Holbrooke and EU High Rep Javier Solana discussed their respective trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan, further support to the Pakistani government, the Afghan presidential elections, and Solana's impressions of the situation in Iran. During the meet [...] |
2009-08-05 11:16:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ENRG MOPS PGOV XD IR EUN |
| 09BRUSSELS1494 |
BRUSSELS DISCUSSIONS ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28 Danika Walters from State/NEA and Ricki Gold from USAID/ME met with EU officials from the Directorate General for External Relations (RELEX), EuropeAid Development Cooperation Office, and Council of the European Union's General Secretariat Unit for the Middle East to [...] |
2009-11-04 14:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR PREL EUN ECON |
| 09CANBERRA278 |
CANDIDATE FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EMERGES [...] (SBU) Abdul Khaliq Fazal advised Embassy of his plan to run in Afghanistan's August Presidential election. Mr. Fazal has a heart condition and is currently awaiting his doctor's permission to travel to Afghanistan to contest the election. 2. (SBU) According to his curriculum vitae, Mr. Faz [...] |
2009-03-20 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF AS |
| 09DHAKA302 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOWRUZ MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] Summary: President Obama's Nowruz message to Iran received extensive coverage in the local media, both English and vernacular. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum praised the President's message and called on Iran to accept the U.S. offer of dialogue. President Obama's messages [...] |
2009-03-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG IR |
| 09DHAKA303 |
MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOWRUZ MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] Summary: President Obama's Nowruz message to Iran received extensive coverage in the local media, both English and vernacular. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum praised the President's message and called on Iran to accept the U.S. offer of dialogue. President Obama's messages [...] |
2009-03-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG IR |
| 09DHAKA419 |
WHAT DO BANGLADESH'S DEOBANDI QAWMI MADRASAS WANT? [...] (SBU) Addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system (qawmi madrasas - QMs) has emerged as one of the Awami League government's top priorities. The government seeks more control over qawmi madrasas and fears failure to equip students with ski [...] |
2009-04-28 04:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG |
| 09DOHA104 |
EMBASSY CALLS ON NEW RESOURCES TO REVIEW AL [...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...] |
2009-02-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA |
| 09DOHA105 |
EMBASSY'S NEW LINGUISTIC CAPABILITIES USED ON [...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...] |
2009-02-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA |
| 09DOHA458 |
EMBASSY DOHA'S FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] OVERVIEW: This cable is structured to provide Embassy Doha's assessment - based on consultations with key stakeholders - of the best ways to engage on the three priority areas listed in the President's speech and in Ref A. After describing how we sought feedback to the speech, we call for buil [...] |
2009-07-22 04:45:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL |
| 09DUBAI408 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Country Conditions Fraud at Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai is low. Concern about visa fraud in the UAE is generally limited to visa applications from Third Country Nationals (TCNs) living in or visiting the UAE. UAE citizens ("Emiratis") are a minority in their own country, c [...] |
2009-10-05 10:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AE |
| 09DUSHANBE1145 |
ON THE WINGS OF A GOAT: REMOTE PAMIR MOUNTAINS NOT REALIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mountainous Badakhshan Autonomous Region is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by hundreds of kilometers of bad roads and thousands of years of divergent history. Its predominantly Ismaili Shi'a inhabitants have long thought of themselves as distinct from the rest of the [...] |
2009-10-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EINV TI |
| 09DUSHANBE665 |
FY2009 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID TI |
| 09DUSHANBE899 |
CAIRO SPEECH FOLLOW UP: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR MUSLIM [...] Summary: To share President Obama's vision of partnership and opportunity here in Tajikistan, we will have to overcome the country's extreme poverty and isolation. While urban youth and educated elites were generally receptive to his June 4 speech, they represent a small minority of Tajiks. T [...] |
2009-07-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SOCI TNGD TSPL TI |
| 09ISLAMABAD153 |
PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-23 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO |