When a second secret enrichment facility was discovered at Qum in 2009, pressure mounted and sanctions became fairly punishing.

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This fundamental hostility is now seasoned by a more pointed expression of the views of the circle of fanatic believers around Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi in Qum, including Ahmadinejad himself.

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