It opposes the nuclear ambitions of Iran. Its largesse keeps the restive citizenry of the Gulf quiet-and will be vitally required to help crank up the creaking economies of Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.

它反对伊朗的核野心，它的慷慨让难以驾御的海湾人保持平静，埃及、突尼斯和利比亚勉强维持的经济也非常需要它来帮助加快运转。

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On this day, skies are clear northwest of Baghdad. A thick plume of dust, however, hovers over the Iraq-Iran border, and obscures the coastline of the Persian Gulf.

此时巴格达西北方向的天空已经转晴，但两伊边境地区和波斯湾的海岸线都笼罩在了厚厚的沙尘之下。

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Between about 75, 000 and 14, 000 years ago, the coast of Iran would have been easily reached from near Jebel Faya, across the Gulf.

在7万5千年到14万年前，从杰贝尔-法亚渡过海湾到达伊朗沿岸应是很容易的。

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The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran's first nuclear power plant, built with Russian help.

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And Simon Murie, founder of niche tour operator Swimtrek, says the Strait of Hormuz (Oman-Iran), Gulf of Aqaba (Egypt-Saudi Arabia) and La Perouse Strait (Hokkaido, Japan - Sakhalin, Russia) are all waiting to be swum.

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Otaiba said that the Arab states of the Persian Gulf cannot live with a nuclear Iran, that he supports military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities and that if the US fails to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, the Arab states of the Gulf will abandon their alliances with the US in order to appease Iran.

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