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[...] the military connection could undermine Iran's claim about the civilian nature of the project; after all, theGuards also control the country's ballistic missile programme that worries so many. [...] more significantly, the discovery of the military site is another indication that the Pasdaran have seized more influence on the nuclear programme than so far assumed.
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March of the Guards
IRAN'S RECENTLY REVEALED URANIUM ENRICHMENT facility, on amilitary base near the holy city ofQom, is, according to United States intelligence, controlled by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Western analysts have repeatedly indicated the significant controlmaintained by the Pasdaran over a number of companies and laboratories crucial to the nuclear technology programme.
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