(JNS.org) The U.S. is considering allowing Iran to retain its nuclear centrifuges at the Islamic Republic’s once-secretive Fordo fortified underground military site, officials involved in the Iran nuclear negotiations told the Associated Press. The report said that in exchange for being allowed to keep the several hundred centrifuges at Fordo, Iran would not be able to do work there that would allow it to develop a nuclear weapon, and the site would be subject to international inspections. At the same time, Iran would also be required to scale back the number of centrifuges at other nuclear sites such as Natanz. Critics contend that allowing Iran to keep the Fordo site intact could allow the country to quickly repurpose it for uranium enrichment for a nuclear weapon.