The Council on Foreign Relations posted an interesting interview with the Carnegie Endowment’s Karim Sadjadpour, who seems to have a good understanding of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Much of what he says conforms nicely with a piece we recently ran on THE DAILY STANDARD by AEI’s Omeed Jafari. Sadjadpour explains “that there’s a small but very powerful clique within Iran, among the political elite, who actually have entrenched political and financial interests in retaining Iran’s isolation.” Asked to elaborate, he says: