Debka 10-Dec-13
Tehran is winning two key Gulf emirates away from their close alignment with Saudi Arabia by two steps: Its bid to finally discuss the future of three islands in the Strait of Hormuz claimed by the UAE and held by Iran for 40 years; and the conspicuous absence of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos from the GCC summit in Kuwait this week. The Saudis tried to gain acceptance for anti-Iranian measures but found themselves isolated. Tehran offers to share control of the three islands with the UAE, but not to withdraw Revolutionary Guards bases, missiles and warplanes from one of them, Abu Mussa. To drive the point home, Iran shipped 10 SU-25 Frogfoot assault planes capable of ground and sea attack to this island.
The Obama administration’s silence – even when Iran posted assault aircraft on a Hormuz island – resounded across the region.
Tehran is winning two key Gulf emirates away from their close alignment with Saudi Arabia by two steps: Its bid to finally discuss the future of three islands in the Strait of Hormuz claimed by the UAE and held by Iran for 40 years; and the conspicuous absence of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos from the GCC summit in Kuwait this week. The Saudis tried to gain acceptance for anti-Iranian measures but found themselves isolated. Tehran offers to share control of the three islands with the UAE, but not to withdraw Revolutionary Guards bases, missiles and warplanes from one of them, Abu Mussa. To drive the point home, Iran shipped 10 SU-25 Frogfoot assault planes capable of ground and sea attack to this island.
The Obama administration’s silence – even when Iran posted assault aircraft on a Hormuz island – resounded across the region.
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