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CIA Director David Petraeus: “The sanctions [On Iran] have been biting much, much more literally in recent weeks than they have until this time…What we have to see now is how does that play out, what is the level of popular discontent inside Iran, does that influence the strategic decision making of the Supreme Leader and the regime, keeping in mind that the regime’s paramount goal in all that they do is their regime survival.”

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