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Wikileaks reveal Middle Eastern fears on Iran’s nuclear program

The cables released by WikiLeaks indicate that Middle East leaders and diplomats have told U.S. officials that Iran has little support in the region, conceivably strengthening the hands of U.S. and European negotiators at next week’s discussions…

WikiLeaks cables paint picture of isolated, feared Iran   msnbc.com, 3 Dec 10, Classified U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks suggest that Iran goes into next week’s nuclear talks with few remaining allies, increasingly isolated not only from the United States and Europe but also from most of its Muslim neighbors in the Middle East…….
The cables released by WikiLeaks indicate that Middle East leaders and diplomats have told U.S. officials that Iran has little support in the region, conceivably strengthening the hands of U.S. and European negotiators at next week’s discussions…

..some consistent themes emerge from what’s available: Iran has few friends in the Mideast, even among nations that speak more accommodatingly in public for political reasons;…

…Some Middle Eastern states, particularly Saudi Arabia, have long opposed the militant Islamist regime in Tehran and warned that its nuclear programs pose a grave threat.

That antipathy is duly reflected in the WikiLeaks documents,…..
the cables also reflect widespread fear among many other countries in the region, concern that runs deeper than has previously been known because their leaders are “hesitant to use harsh language in public statements,” as the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, reported in a Jan. 26, 2010, cable classified “secret.”…

WikiLeaks cables paint picture of isolated, feared Iran – World news – Mideast/N. Africa – Iran – msnbc.com

December 4, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | MIDDLE EAST, politics international