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### Viewing cable 07BERN113, SWISS DFA STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL HEARS NOTHING \

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07BERN113 | 2007-02-05 17:05 | 2011-03-14 06:06 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Bern
Appears in these articles: http://www.letemps.ch/swiss_papers

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    VZCZCXRO8313
    OO RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK
    DE RUEHSW #0113/01 0361715
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    O 051715Z FEB 07
    FM AMEMBASSY BERN
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3651
    INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0117
    RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 2664

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    2007-02-05 17:15:00	07BERN113	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	07BERN113|07BERN98	VZCZCXRO8313\
    OO RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK\
    DE RUEHSW #0113/01 0361715\
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH\
    O 051715Z FEB 07\
    FM AMEMBASSY BERN\
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3651\
    INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY\
    RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0117\
    RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 2664	C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 BERN 000113 \
     \
    SIPDIS \
     \
    SIPDIS \
     \
    STATE FOR P, EUR, ISN \
     \
    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2017 \
    TAGS: PARM PTER KNNP SZ IR
    SUBJECT: SWISS DFA STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL HEARS NOTHING \
    NEW IN TEHRAN \
     \
    REF: BERN 98 \
     \
    Classified By: DCM Carol J. Urban, Reasons 1.4 b/d \
     \
    1.(C) Summary: Tehran offered no new ideas to visiting Swiss \
    State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Michael Ambuehl during his \
    hastily arranged trip over the weekend.  According to Swiss \
    Iran specialist Guillaume Scheurer, Ambuehl had traveled to \
    Iran hoping to hear the regime's ideas on how to climb down \
    from the current confrontation.  Instead, Iranian Deputy \
    Foreign Minister Sa'id Jalili and Supreme Council National \
    Security director Ali Larijani presented a defiant posture \
    towards the United States, the UN Security Council, and \
    unnamed regional neighbors.  Scheurer thought Jalili and \
    Larijani might be using the meeting to send a message to the \
    United States, namely that the USG should offer a concession \
    in compensation for its victory on the UN Security Council. \
    Ambuehl advised the Iranians that they should avoid \
    inflammatory rhetoric during the February 11 celebrations, in \
    order not to escalate the current crisis.  End summary. \
     \
    ----------- \
    Hopes Unmet \
    ----------- \
     \
    2.(C) DFA Iran watcher Guillaume Scheurer invited DCM and \
    Poloff to a briefing on Michael Ambuehl's February 3 visit to \
    Tehran, as part of Ambuehl's efforts to keep the Embassy \
    informed of Swiss activities.  According to Scheurer, he and \
    DFA nuclear disarmament official Jean-Daniel Praz accompanied \
    Ambuehl.  While Ambuehl and Jalili had made plans to \
    follow-up on their December 2006 meeting, Scheurer described \
    Jalili's invitation as rather sudden, since it was extended \
    only a week prior.  The invitation raised Swiss hopes that \
    Iran might have something new to say about the nuclear or \
    other issue, but the Swiss were disappointed.  Ambuehl met \
    with Jalili alone and jointly with Jalili, Larijani, and \
    Sayaad Monfared.  DCM welcomed Scheurer's assurances that \
    neither the Swiss nor the Iranians raised the issue of Swiss \
    mediation between Iran and the United States. \
     \
    -------------------- \
    Isolated and Defiant \
    -------------------- \
     \
    3.(C) Scheurer said that Ambuehl offered his assessment that \
    all countries were concerned about Iran's nuclear program. \
    Those less concerned about a nuclear Iran were nonetheless \
    worried about the crisis escalating.  Iran is isolated, \
    Ambuehl stressed, and needs to find a solution.  Scheurer \
    said that he was surprised that neither Jalili nor Larijani \
    seriously contested Ambuehl's assessment.  Larijani cited the \
    fall 2006 NAM Summit support for Iran's right to a civil \
    nuclear program, but otherwise did not push back. \
     \
    4.(C) Rather, Larijani complained that the "U.S. blocked \
    everything with a stupid pre-condition."  Larijani cited a \
    Persian proverb to argue that Washington was not serious \
    about negotiations: "One can wake up one who is sleeping, but \
    not one who is pretending to sleep."  Both Larijani and \
    Jalili expressed bitterness over the passage of the UN \
    Security Council resolution.  They countered (somewhat \
    curiously) that, since the United States had one that round, \
    it should offer Iran a concession, "so that the score would \
    be one-to-one."  The one proposal they offered was a return \
    to the "Berlin Process." \
     \
    5.(C) On a roll, the Iranian officials reviewed \
    post-revolution history, portraying their country as faced \
    with international pressure and threats from the beginning. \
    "If these threats did not work 27 years ago, they will not \
    work now."  The Iranian people would reply with "one voice" \
    to further UN sanctions.  With a note of bravado, Larijani \
    said that Iran was prepared for all scenarios, even military. \
     "The U.S. would make a tragic mistake with bitter \
    consequences," he said.  Reminded by Ambuehl of the ill \
    consequences facing Iran in this scenario, Larijani replied \
    that Iran was also prepared for a "lose-lose situation." \
    Ambuehl warned the Iranians not to exacerbate the tension by \
    indulging in counterproductive rhetoric during the upcoming \
    February 11 anniversary of the revolution celebrations. \
     \
    ------------------------------ \
    Touching on the Regional Angle \
    ------------------------------ \
     \
    6.(C) Jalili offered little substantive response to Ambuehl's \
    briefing of his recent trip to Lebanon and Syria (reftel). \
     \
    BERN 00000113  002 OF 002 \
     \
     \
    Jalili welcomed Ambuehl's engagement with Syria and described \
    Iranian hopes for an all-party Lebanese agreement, whereby \
    the opposition (including Hizballah) would be allotted 11 of \
    the 30 cabinet seats.  He also alluded to Saudi-Iranian \
    brokered discussions on a Fatah-Hamas stand down.  On Iraq, \
    Jalili merely charged that "some regional countries" were \
    giving bad advice, leading the USG to believe Iran was \
    supporting terrorism, when in fact it was those very \
    countries who were doing so. \
     \
    -------------------------------------- \
    Unresponsive on Swiss Protecting Power \
    -------------------------------------- \
     \
    7.(C) According to Scheurer, Ambuehl also used the occasion \
    of the meeting to reiterate concerns about the security of \
    the Swiss Embassy and SPP offices in Tehran.  Jalili turned \
    the Swiss concerns around, charging that Iranian Embassy \
    employees in Bern were also concerned about the presence of \
    Mujahedin e-Khalq members in Switzerland. \
     \
    ------- \
    Comment \
    ------- \
     \
    8.(C) Perhaps the most notable aspect of Ambuehl's \
    discussions in Tehran was the sense he and his Swiss \
    colleagues felt that the Iranians were actually hoping to \
    address the United States by proxy, given Switzerland's \
    status as protecting power.  If this was the case, there was \
    little in the way of constructive proposals.  While we \
    welcome Scheurer's assurances that neither side brought up \
    the notion of Swiss mediation, Ambuehl is determined to be \
    helpful and will certainly look for opportunities to do so. \
    That said, we have no doubt that Ambuehl understands the \
    USG's views on such "helpfulness." \
    CONEWAY \

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