Kuwaiti Professor Abdallah Nafisi: Gulf States Need Military Nuclear Option; Bin Laden Kidnapped, Not Killed
Kuwaiti Professor Abdallah Nafisi: Gulf States Need Military Nuclear Option; Bin Laden Kidnapped, Not Killed
Following are excerpts from an interview with Kuwaiti professor Abdallah Nafisi, which aired on Rotana Khalijiya TV on January 3, 2014:
Interviewer: Israel is a nuclear military power, and Iran is working towards becoming one. Is it necessary for the Gulf states to obtain nuclear weapons? I am talking about nuclear weapons, not nuclear energy.
Abdallah Nafisi: I think that it is in our interest to start thinking about this issue, and to start hinting at a nuclear option. We do not have to declare this publicly, but we have to establish special relations with Pakistan. Pakistan is a Sunni Muslim country, with experience in the nuclear field, and it even frightens India with its nuclear option.
Interviewer: According to intelligence reports, published by the British Times newspaper, Saudi Arabia intends to resort to the Pakistani nuclear weapons, if Iran develops nuclear weapons.
Abdallah Nafisi: It is very important for Saudi Arabia to continue on this path. It is important for the media in the GCC states to talk about this. It is very important that Iran – as well as its satellites among the GCC states – should know that the nuclear option is possible.
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[In 1992, I was part of a delegation] that met with Rafsanjani, then the president of Iran, as well as with Nateq-Nouri, the parliamentary speaker at the time, who arranged a welcome banquet for us. Members of the Iranian parliament attended, including Rouhani.