According
to
US
intelligence
the
march
to
a
formal
deal
with
Iran
is
steadily
growing
more
likely.
There
is
new
significant
reporting
from
European
sources
that
amplified
the
recent
information
through
CIA
sources
noting
that
Supreme
leader
Ayatollah
Khamenei
has
made
the
formal
decision
to
reach
a
development
with
the
US.
The
Iranian
objective
is
the
removal
of
the
harsh
constrictive
economic
sanctions
and
most
of
the
opposition
from
Iranian
hardliners,
primarily
the
IRGC,
that
have
opposed
a
deal
with
the
US
that
would
give
up
the
leverage
the
revolutionary
guard
has
over
US
policies
in
the
Middle
East.
President
Rouhani
has
advised
Khamenei
that
the
IRGC
management
of
the
war
in
Syria
through
its
influence
over
the
Hezbollah
and
the
use
of
Iraqi
air
corridors
for
Syrian
government
forces
arms
resupply
was
actually
strengthening
the
Syrian
opposition
elements
allied
with
al
Qaeda.
Rouhani
and
his
foreign
minister
believe
the
radical
militants
in
Syria
represent
a
major
threat
to
Iranian
influence
in
the
neighboring
Shi’ite
and
a
Geneva
negotiation
leading
to
a
peace
agreement
could
lead
to
the
regime
continuance
of
Bashar
Assad.
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