Europe Welcomes Tehran's Overtures, but Arab States Are Wary

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: January 26, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Joseph Fitchett
International Herald Tribune
01-26-1998
As Washington weighs a possible tack in policy on Iran, European governments have embraced the overtures by the Iranian president, Mohammed Khatami, as vindication of their long-held view that moderate political forces are a rising tide in Tehran. But America's Arab allies are skeptical.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other pro-Western governments in the region, which feel directly exposed to Iran's hostility, including terrorism, would like to encourage Iranian factions promising a more accommodating attitude to neighboring Muslim countries, ...

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