Of course, even leaving the IAEA completely out of it, Iran had the option of permitting inspectors to actually inspect the facilities in question to confirm that they were not producing weapons-grade fuel. We basically begged them to let inspectors in there, and they refused.
Well, okay. This is the result.
Iran had the option of permitting inspectors to actually inspect the facilities in question
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Not to mention the military installations that were doing the same things, but were completely off the table - ‘don’t even bring them up or we walk’ sort of thing.