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Arabs Hostile Approach to Iran is a "Big Mistake." an Arab Historian says

Top Egyptian historian, investigative journalist and thinker Mohammad Hassanein Heikal said he believes history would harshly blame Arabs for their irresponsible approach towards Iran. “I think our [Arab states’] approach towards Iran is a big mistake which measures up to historical crimes. There is an incoherence between Iran and us, but what’s important is that this incoherence has led to hostility and there is a difference between an incoherence that leads to negotiation and one that leads to hostility,” quoted Heikal as talking to Al-Jazeera satellite channel.

He pointed to Iran’s policies under the former Shah Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi who was toppled in 1979. He said “I was an enemy of Iran in the past. This enmity was due to Iran’s complete dependence on the US [in the Pahlavi era]. It was in this era that the Islamic Revolution took place and we still continued our animosity towards Iran.”

Heikal referred to Iran’s nuclear program, which is under tight inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and said “Instead of focusing on Israel’s nuclear arsenal, we [Arabs] express worries over Iran’s nuclear program -- even though I think it is not even worth worrying.”...
Read entire article at The Hawler Tribune