Opinion: It is Time for Security Cooperation Between The Gulf States and Iran

ASHARQ AL-AWSAT

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have congratulated Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani and expressed hope for positive change in bilateral relations.

Soon after Seyed Mohammad Khatami was elected as president in 1997, Rouhani, as the secretary of the National Security Council, visited Jeddah to sign the first “Security Agreement” with Saudi Arabia. This brave and practical step demonstrated Iran’s intention to remove security concerns of its Arab neighbors and “pledge not to interfere in the domestic affairs of Persian Gulf countries.”

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