US envoy blasts Iran's nuclear 'deceit'
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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu accused Iran of nuclear "denial, deceit and evasion" on Monday, warning that Tehran's decision to move some uranium enrichment facilities to an underground bunker brings it closer to being able to producing the fissile core of a warhead.
But Iran's nuclear chief remained defiant, announcing that the subterranean Fordow facility would likely start operating within six months. Fereidoun Abbasi blamed Washington and its allies for Tehran's decision to redeploy beneath the earth a move, he said, was meant to protect its nuclear program from US attack. (AP)
