US embassy cable - 04KUWAIT3762

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 003762 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/01/2014 
TAGS: PREL, KU, IZ, IR 
SUBJECT: KUWAITI PM TO IRANIAN FM:  PUT THIS FIRE OUT 
PEACEFULLY 
 
REF: KUWAIT 3726 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Richard LeBaron for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1. (C) During their November 2 meeting, MFA U/S Ambassador 
Khaled al-Jarallah gave the Ambassador a brief readout of 
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi's October 25 meeting 
with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah.  The 
Undersecretary said Kharazi had spoken at length about Iran's 
nuclear program.  Kharazi told the PM that Iran used to 
cooperate with the international community, but was not doing 
so now because "the U.S. has their own agenda."  The PM 
responded by stressing that Kuwait did not agree with Iranian 
refusals to accept international inspectors.  He urged Iran 
to open up its nuclear program to inspections in order to 
avoid "another Iraq."  "We are very worried about your 
nuclear program and want you to cooperate and put out this 
fire peacefully," the PM said.  Jarallah said the GOK 
contacted other GCC states immediately after the meeting and 
urged them to deliver the same message to the touring Iranian 
FM. 
 
2. (C) Turning to the Iranian internal situation, the U/S 
told the Ambassador it was not as stable as Iran tried to 
make it appear to the rest of the world.  He said official 
GOK visitors had returned from Iran astounded at the 
behavioral changes they were witnessing in Iran's population. 
 "They're fed up with the situation," he said, adding that he 
believed change in the failry near-term was inevitable there. 
LeBaron