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The head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iran's Parliament, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said Sunday the Islamic republic will never shut down its underground bunker of Fordow uranium enrichment facilities. The statement was released as the P5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US, plus Germany) work on a proposal to be offered at the nuclear talks with Iran to ease sanctions on gold and other precious metals traded with Iran in return for Iran’s shutting down its Fordow uranium enrichment plant. The offer will be presented at the upcoming talks between Iran and the P5+1 slated for Feb. 26 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. According to Boroujerdi, Iran has built the Fordow site to defend its nuclear facilities against threats from Israel and the P5+1 proposal favors Israel. The Fordow nuclear plant, located near the Shiite holy city of Qom, produces enriched uranium with a purity of up to 20 percent.