American, French and British intelligence knew of the existence of the second Iranian uranium enrichment plant and waited for the construction of the plant will reach a stage where it can be definitively proved. This source told AP in Washington, in his view, Iran told the IAEA about the second plant, precisely because the company had already been declassified intelligence.

Seven years ago, when Iran announced its first mining enrichment plant at Natanz, foreign experts have suspected that only one object Tehran does not stop, the source said. Then began the search for the second plant. Satellites pointed to a place near the city of Qom (Qom), which is likely carried out underground work. Works for up to three thousand centrifuges, was to earn a few months later, U.S. authorities had intended to publish the intelligence in 2009, but they are ahead of myself Tehran.

On the second Iranian uranium enrichment plant became known on Sept. 25, 2009 year. In the corresponding letter to the authorities to the IAEA a few days earlier, did not contain information on the number of centrifuges and the location of production. U.S. President Barack Obama , British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned the construction of a second plant and threatened Iran with new sanctions.

Western countries have repeatedly speculated that the purpose of Tehran's nuclear program is the production of nuclear weapons, the Iranian authorities refuted this, claiming that the enriched uranium only for peaceful purposes.