(AP/Forbes) Ali Akbar Dareini - Iran's vice president says his country has moved some of its centrifuge machines used to enrich uranium to an underground site in central Iran. Fereidoun Abbasi, who is also Iran's nuclear chief, was quoted by state TV on Monday as saying experts are preparing the site in Fordo near the holy city of Qom to house the centrifuges. The Fordo enrichment facility is carved into a mountain to protect it against possible attacks.
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