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Iran Looks to Regroup and Rebuild
(AP) Jon Gambrell - "Iran's leadership has been dealt a heavy blow and will be conscious of preserving the ceasefire, which gives the regime breathing room and allows space to focus on internal security and reconstruction," the Eurasia Group said Wednesday. Israel's campaign showed how much its intelligence agencies have infiltrated Iran. "There must be some sort of purge. But who will implement it?" said Hamidreza Azizi, a visiting fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. "This level of distrust that apparently exists now is going to paralyze any effective planning or security overhaul." Ayatollah Khamenei also has to rethink the security policy he wove together over the past two decades. The "Axis of Resistance" alliances, seen as a defensive buffer intended to keep conflict away from Iran's borders, have now been shown to be a failure.