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### Viewing cable 07PARIS159, FRANCE SEEKS EU COVER ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY

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Reference ID | Date | Classification | Origin
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07PARIS159 | 2007-01-16 15:03 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Paris

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    DE RUEHFR #0159 0161533
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH(CCY AD6CB6C9 WSC6493 634)
    O 161533Z JAN 07
    FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4210
    INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1091

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000159

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (PRIMARY TAG)

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/16/2017
    TAGS: KDEM LE PGOV PREL FR IR
    SUBJECT: FRANCE SEEKS EU COVER ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY

    REF: STATE 2659

    Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt,
    reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

    ¶1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 16 to MFA
    Iran Desk Officer Arnaud Pescheux, who indicated that France
    had not budgeted any funds for democracy promotion in Iran.
    "If we were to do something, it would undoubtedly be via
    Brussels," Pescheux said.  He noted that France "anticipated
    supporting" a proposal by Javier Solana for the EU to expand
    its own Farsi broadcasting capabilities, although he said
    that details of that proposal have yet to be worked out.
    While the MFA does not currently partner with any French NGOs
    operating in Iran, in the past a few NGOs (e.g., Reporters
    Without Borders) had brought members of Iranian civil society
    to France to participate in programs.

    French Envoy to Tehran
    ----------------------

    ¶2. (C) Citing a press report in the January 16 edition of Le
    Monde, Poloff asked whether it was true that France planned
    to send a presidential envoy to Tehran in the near future.
    Choosing his words with care, Pescheux said that the Le Monde
    report was "not false" but stressed that a final decision had
    not yet been taken.  Pescheux said that the envoy would not
    engage on the nuclear file but would instead discuss regional
    issues and, in particular, would seek to "find a solution on
    Lebanon."

    ¶3. (C) Poloff said he was shocked that France, which had
    steadfastly rejected entreaties to negotiate Lebanon's future
    with the Syrian regime, apparently found the prospect of
    conducting similar negotiations with Tehran less
    objectionable.  Had the Iranians given the French some
    indication that they would be more forthcoming than Damascus?
     No, Pescheux admitted, the Iranians had not tipped their
    hand; they had merely indicated that they were willing to
    talk.

    Supreme Leader Still on Top
    ---------------------------

    ¶4. (C) Turning to the results of Iran's recent elections,
    Pescheux indicated that the French were pleasantly surprised
    by the outcome (immediately prior to the election, their
    reporting from Tehran suggested that President Ahmadinejad's
    supporters were poised to make significant gains in the
    Assembly of Experts).  The Quai's interpretation of the
    election results is that the axis between Supreme Leader
    Khamenei and former President Rafsanjani (i.e., the
    traditional conservatives) has been strengthened, with
    Khamenei remaining the supreme arbiter of Iran's political
    balance of power.  In an aside, Pescheux claimed that
    notwithstanding the French diplomatic presence in Tehran, the
    MFA has virtually no insight into the inner workings of the
    Pasdaran.

    Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
    http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm

    STAPLETON

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