Iran asks Saudi to help ease tension with US
Iran has asked Saudi Arabia to help ease tensions between the Islamic Republic and the US in a letter delivered by Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator to the Saudi King, a Saudi official said yesterday.
The letter, from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, comes at a time of rising tension over Iran’s role in Iraq and Tehran’s nuclear programme.
It also follows growing criticism in Iran of Ahmadinejad’s approach of railing against the West which more moderate politicians blame for stoking fears abroad.
Saudi newspapers carried pictures of Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani, who has often visited key US ally and leading Sunni Muslim nation Saudi Arabia over the past year, in what looked like friendly conversation with King Abdullah on Sunday evening.
Moderate conservatives, like Ahmadinejad’s rival Larijani, may be gaining a bigger say in Iranian policy-making after the president’s supporters were trounced in December elections to municipal councils and a clerical body, Iranian analysts say.
A Saudi official said Iran wanted Saudi leaders to relay a goodwill message to Washington. Iran would like Saudi to “help bring opinions together” between Iran and the United States, the official said, but gave no more details.
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So soon on the heels of Larijanis meeting with Saudi Arabia to cement Shi'ia / Sunni relations...This does not sit right with me, this may very well be all for show and to be used sometime in the future especially if by some chance President Bush happens to find his cojones and attacks Iran...
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