External sanctions against the regime do not suffice. You have to bring into your calculation ... an element of pressure from within... And the only way [to] do that is by strengthening the hand of the people inside the country. (Reza Pahlavi)

External sanctions against the regime do not suffice. You have to bring into your calculation ... an element of pressure from within... And the only way [to] do that is by strengthening the hand of the people inside the country.

Reza Pahlavi

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