Crow's Nest In Dubai Watches Iran
In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a group of State Department officials have set up offices in a 1970s-style high-rise building to keep a U.S. eye Iran.
American officials decided to locate an Iran office here because of the city’s large community of Iranian businesspeople, many of whom maintain relationships in Iran and return there often. Dubai, which is about 100 miles from Iran, has also long been popular among Iranians seeking to shop, vacation or catch flights elsewhere.The State Department’s program is only the highest-profile effort here. The United Arab Emirates, the confederation that includes Dubai, has become a nexus of political activity concerning Iran, as numerous governments and groups have seized on the country’s location and its longstanding ties with Tehran to get a better understanding of Iran and its people. ...
“The problem with Iran is you cannot operate inside the country, so you have to operate in the neighboring countries,” said Mustafa Alani, senior researcher at the Gulf Research Center, a Dubai research organization. “But a place as open as Dubai naturally attracts people and intelligence agencies from all over the world. Of course, they’re not really visible so you cannot pinpoint them in any one location.” source
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