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S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 BAKU 000909 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/22/2019 
TAGS: PGOV PREL KISL PHUM PROP SA YM AJ IR
SUBJECT: IRANIAN ACTIONS AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, NEW ANTI-US 
MEDIA CAMPAIGN REPORTEDLY APPROVED BY SUPREME NATIONAL 
SECURITY COUNCIL 
 
REF: DUBAI 502 
 
Classified By: POL/ECON Counselor Rob Garverick, Reason 1.4 (B and D) 
 
 ¶1.  (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met on Thursday evening 
November 19 with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine 
editor who has reported reliably in the past.  The Iranian 
provided the following information that he claimed to have 
received from a network of sources, including staff of 
members of the Supreme National Security Council (Shuraye 
Aliye Amniate Melli) and a member of the Milli Majlis: 
 
¶A.  Possible Iranian Actions Against Saudi Arabia 
--------------------------------------------- ----- 
 
¶2.  (S) According to the source, the Security Council 
discussed deteriorating relations with Saudi Arabia during a 
meeting last weekend attended by President Ahmedinejad, 
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, Judiciary head Sadeq Larijani, a 
representative of Supreme Leader Khameini, and about a dozen 
others.  The council members reportedly discussed 
increasingly common Saudi military intervention against 
Iran-backed Sh,ia rebels in Yemen.  The members agreed that 
Iranian pressure on Saudi Arabia should be increased in order 
to force it to desist from further military intervention and 
interception of ships suspected of carrying arms and material 
supplies to the Yemeni rebels. 
 
¶3.  (S) According to source, if Saudi Arabia does not soon 
back down, the Council agreed to take punitive actions 
against Saudi Arabia, drawn from a menu of options.  One of 
these, he said, is to stage violent "spontaneous" mass 
demonstrations in front of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran 
denouncing Saudi "massacre of Sh,ias," and posibly 
culminating in a "student occupation" of the Saudi Embassy. 
According to source, the argument was made that this strategy 
would be a good way to distract, and even germinate regime 
support, from currently alienated students and other young 
people. 
 
¶4.  (S) Note: In a subsequent conversation on November 20, 
source claimed to have access evidence that Iran is actively 
supplying the Yemeni rebels.  He promised to provide this 
information, as well as information on how the supplies are 
supposedly being delivered, in a follow-up meeting with Iran 
watcher on November 23.  End Note. 
 
¶B. New Anti-American Campaign to be Launched 
--------------------------------------------- 
 
¶5.  (S) The source said that this was the main agenda item 
during the Security Council meeting.  He said that the 
Council approved a document arguing that the U.S. "is 
planning to wage war" in order to save itself from the 
current economic crisis.  (Note: Source clarified that the 
document did NOT state that this "new war" would necessarily 
be against Iran; however that may have bee the implication. 
End Note).  Source said that, ased on this document, it was 
decided to begin a major new anti-American P/R campaign 
targeting supposed American war-mongering.  Source said that 
a decision was made to send appropriate instructions and 
guidance to Iranian state-controlled media, detailing this 
theme for incorporation in forth coming broadcasts.  He added 
that initial instructions related to this new campaign have 
already started to go out to local media outlets. 
 
¶C.  Deceased Physician/Possible Tabriz Protest 
--------------------------------------------- - 
 
¶6. (C) Source reported that the mother of the recently 
deceased prison physician (retel) has "gone public" with 
claims that he was murdered because he refused to sign a 
document stating that he had approved prison rapes and 
torture of prisoners.  Source also related that unnamed 
intellectuals and students in Tabriz are contemplating 
staging a demonstration and/or some other form of 
attention-getting activity during the forthcoming visit to 
Tabriz of President Ahmedinejad(Note: It was unclear if these 
notional protesters were aware that Turkish Foreign minister 
would meet with Ahmedinejad in Tabriz on November 21.  Iran 
 
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watcher is following the situation via Tabriz contacts and 
will report if anything unusual occurs there.  End Note.) 
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