.... A report published in 2013 by U.S. think-tanks Carnegie Endowment and the Federation of American Scientists said the scarcity and low quality of Iran’s uranium resources compelled it “to rely on external sources of natural and processed uranium”.
It added: “Despite the Iranian leadership’s assertions to the contrary, Iran’s estimated uranium endowments are nowhere near sufficient to supply its planned nuclear program.”...
Jeez louise, ya think Heinz Kerry and Barry Soetoro were counting on Iran having zero raw material in the groud
Should be easy to find the references to the mine reports that these estimates were based on