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06DUBAI4503 2006-07-17 14:52 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Consulate Dubai
VZCZCXRO0806
RR RUEHBC RUEHKUK
DE RUEHDE #4503/01 1981452
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 171452Z JUL 06
FM AMCONSUL DUBAI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2325
INFO RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI 1638
RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE
RUEHEE/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RHMFISS/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 5305
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 DUBAI 004503 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL:  7/17/2016 
TAGS: PREL IR IS SY LE ZP MOPS
SUBJECT: TFLE01:IRAN'S RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION IN 
LEBANON 
 
 
DUBAI 00004503  001.2 OF 003 
 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: Jillian L. Burns, Acting Consul General, Dubai, 
UAE. 
REASON: 1.4 (d) 
 
1.(U) Summary: Since Israel began its military action in 
Lebanon, Iranian officials and clerics have condemned Israel, as 
well as US support of Israel. They have also supported and 
justified Hizballah's abduction of two Israeli soldiers. 
President Ahmadinejad warned Israel not to broaden the conflict 
into Syria, and he threatened retaliation against the US and 
Israel if the latter does not stop its attacks. Iranian 
officials criticized other Islamic and Arab countries and the UN 
for not denouncing Israel and for admonishing Hizballah as the 
cause of the confrontation. Iran denied Israel's claims that it 
has troops in Lebanon and that a plan exists to transfer the 
captured Israeli soldiers to Iran. The Iranian press has roundly 
slammed Israel for killing civilians, women, and children. The 
hard-line daily Kayhan argued Israel's actions only serve Iran's 
interests, and a "pentagon" of Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Hamas, and 
Iraq is forming in the region. End Summary. 
 
2.(U) Since Israel began its military action against Hizballah 
targets in Lebanon, virtually all of Iran's major government 
officials and clerics have issued public statements in state-run 
media (all of the statements below are from government media 
outlets unless otherwise noted) about the issue, including 
Supreme Leader Khamenei, President Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister 
Mottaki, Defense Minister Najjar, Supreme Council for National 
Security head Larijani, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief 
Rahim-Safavi, Majles Speaker Hadad-Adel, interim Friday prayer 
leader Ayatollah Emami-Kashani, former president Khatami, and 
spokesmen for various ministries. Six common themes run through 
their statements. 
 
Theme 1: Israel attacks with disproportionate force 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
3.(U) Iranian officials severely chastised "the Zionist regime" 
as an unnatural, illegitimate state using disproportionate and 
brutal force to recover two captured soldiers. On July 16, 
Ahmadinejad claimed, "The Zionist regime has been imposed by way 
of conspiracy in order to pose a permanent threat, aggression, 
and cruelty. It is impossible for the regime to survive without 
oppression and conflict." "The Zionists," he said, "think that 
they are victims of Hitler, but they act like Hitler and behave 
worse than Genghis Khan." The same day Khamenei charged Israel 
with committing "unprecedented crimes." He termed Israel 
"satanic," "cancerous," and "an infectious fetus for all the 
Muslims in the world." Mottaki called Israel a "false regime" 
teetering on the brink of internal decay. He said Israel commits 
"atrocities" -- killing defenseless people, capturing thousands 
of Lebanese and Palestinians -- to keep itself alive. Similarly, 
Larijani accused Israel of bombarding civilian areas, including 
hospitals, residential neighborhoods, and airports to foment 
insecurity in the Middle East. 
 
Theme 2: US behind Israeli actions 
---------------------------------- 
 
4.(U) Iran blames the US for Israel's existence and sees 
American hands behind Israel's attacks on Lebanon. The US is 
thus equally culpable for Israel's "crimes." On July 16, Mottaki 
announced on Iranian state radio that "We strongly consider 
America as a collaborator in the extensive crimes of the Zionist 
regime. Without America's support, green light, and efforts to 
lay the groundwork, one cannot even imagine Israel being able to 
breach the air space of Muslim countries of the region, 
including Syria and Lebanon, this easily." Voicing another 
common refrain, Najjar opined July 16, according to Fars News 
Agency, that Washington wants war in the Middle East so it can 
dominate the region's oil reserves and assure Israeli security. 
 
Theme 3: Hizballah actions justified, Iran will support Lebanon 
--------------------------------------------- -------------- 
------- 
 
5.(U) While chastising Israel, Iranian officials have thrown 
their full weight behind Hizballah and Lebanon. In his Friday 
prayer sermon in Tehran July 14, Ayatollah Emami-Kashani 
explained that Hizballah captured Israel's soldiers because 
Israel did not respond when Hizballah asked Israel to release 
Hizballah prisoners. Therefore, in accordance with the Qur'an, 
Hizballah acted in self-defense and retaliated proportionately. 
"Hizballah's action was absolutely moral, religious, 
 
DUBAI 00004503  002.2 OF 003 
 
 
conscientious, rational, and lawful," he said. In a statement 
July 16, Khamenei claimed the Lebanese people are grateful to 
Hizballah and regard it as their own army because it protects 
Lebanon from Zionist expansionism and fights in the name of 
Islam. The same day, Khatami sent Hizballah leader Nasrallah a 
message, saying, "Hizballah is the radiant sun which warms the 
hearts of Muslims and all free people around the world, 
especially those of the innocent, brave, and resisting nation of 
Palestine." On July 14, Mehr News reported that both government 
spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham and Larijani pledged Iran's 
legal, diplomatic, humanitarian, and economic support to the 
Lebanese people. Larijani said Iran felt compelled to help a 
Muslim country rebuild from Israel's attacks. 
 
Theme 4: Iran threatens regional, worldwide response, tells 
Israel not to attack Syria 
--------------------------------------------- -------------- 
--------------------------- 
 
6.(U) Ahmadinejad repeatedly threatened Israel and the US with 
retaliation over the past week. He warned Israel it must 
apologize for current and past atrocities and allow Palestinians 
to have a free election. Otherwise, Israel "should expect a 
horrible destiny." (Comment: The Palestinians had an election in 
January so it is unclear what Ahmadinejad was referring to -- 
perhaps Israel's arrest of elected Hamas leaders. End Comment). 
To the US, he threatened international strife: "If they (the 
supporters) do not revise their support for the regime (Israel) 
or fail to topple it, they should know that this wrath would 
turn into a huge outburst, which would not be restricted to the 
region alone." Feeding off his claim that the US created Israel, 
Ahmadinejad warned the US to dismantle it or suffer the 
consequences. At the same time, he said Israel and the US do not 
pose a threat to Iran. Regarding Syria, he said, "If the Zionist 
regime attacks Syria, it will have to suffer a crushing 
response." Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham and Najjar 
also stressed that an assault against Syria would be foolish, 
and other officials hinted Iran would retaliate for Israel's 
actions in general. 
 
Theme 5: Criticism of equivocal Islamic, Arab countries, UN 
--------------------------------------------- -------------- 
 
7.(U) Iranian officials criticized those Islamic and Arab 
countries which admonished Hizballah for provoking Israel, 
despite their accompanying condemnations of the severity of 
Israel's response. According to Fars News, on July 15 
Rahim-Safavi expressed regret that "Many Arab and Islamic states 
have also displayed weakness in this respect. I hope that in the 
near future different countries will adopt necessary measures 
for confronting the Zionist atrocities." Ayatollah Emami-Kashani 
suggested July 14 that the Islamic nation (ummah) should show 
its appreciation for Hizballah by supporting it in Friday prayer 
sermons. He also criticized Muslim writers for questioning why 
Hizballah took Israelis hostage. Mottaki called on the UN 
Security Council July 14 to force Israel to stop its attacks. 
The following day, the Mehr News Agency reported that Iran's 
Islamic Human Rights Commission sent a letter to UNHCR Louise 
Arbour, urging her to take serious action against Israel for 
carrying out attacks in southern Lebanon and Palestine and 
killing "dozens of innocent men, women, and children on the 
pretext of the capture of a few of its soldiers." 
 
Theme 6: Denial of Accusations of Iranian Involvement 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
8.(U) Fars News reported July 16 that Najjar denied reports Iran 
aided Hizballah militarily. An unnamed Iranian diplomat denied a 
plan exists to transfer the captured Israeli soldiers to Iran. 
 
The Iranian press reaction 
-------------------------- 
 
9.(U) The domestic Iranian press roundly condemned Israel for 
its attacks both against Gaza and Lebanon. A number of 
editorials and commentators argued Israel cannot afford a long 
war in Lebanon because it and the US are averse to military 
casualties. They predicted Israel will eventually be forced to 
retreat, as the US did from Beirut in 1983 and Israel did from 
southern Lebanon in 2000 and Gaza in 2005. The pro-Khamenei 
daily Kayhan said Israel and the US' policies will backfire 
because they are alienating the rest of the region. As a result, 
"If Iran was alone until yesterday, gradually the triangle of 
Iran, Syria, and Lebanon was formed and after that Hamas turned 
 
DUBAI 00004503  003.2 OF 003 
 
 
this triangle to a square and after the establishment of the 
principle-ist government of Iraq it has turned to a pentagon. 
This pentagon is the new coordinates of the Middle East." 
 
10.(C) Comment: By distancing itself from other Islamic and Arab 
countries that have criticized Hizballah, Iran is seeking to 
bolster its image as the leader of Islamic resistance against 
Israel and the US. It is unclear whether Iranian leaders' verbal 
threats of retaliation constitute posturing or foreshadowing. 
Although it shrugs off any threat from Israel and the US, Iran 
appears to be genuinely concerned an Israeli attack on Syria 
could hurt its position there. Kayhan's editorial seems 
reflective of Iran's grand regional strategy. 
 
11.(C) Comment continued: While we do not have a general sense 
of public reaction inside Iran to these hardline comments or the 
events in the region, contacts continue to tell us that Iranians 
resent their government's expenditures on Hizballah and 
Palestinian terrorist groups while Iranians are suffering 
economically. 
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