(NBC News) Ken Dilanian and Robert Windrem - The Iranian government appears to have contained the civil unrest across that country, but the protests could still evolve into a serious threat to the regime, current and former intelligence officials told NBC News. "At this moment, the government appears to have this under control - this is discontent, not revolution," said a former senior intelligence official with long Middle East experience. "People so far are moving away from something - the status quo - but not embracing something else, revolution." However, "the social contract is stained, the regime is embarrassed."
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