And yet, they weren't building nukes.
Now they will be.
What's trump's plan? Just sit back like Bush did with North Korea and let them build nuclear weapons?
Sure they were and they still are just as they’ve hoped for since 1979.
And Obama made sure they had plenty of extra money for the program.
Prior to Trump exiting the agreement, they were not building nukes. They were refining uranium for 2 nuclear power plants in Iran and for 50 nuclear project that they have ongoing contracts in 20 countries. With sanctions applied there is no doubt they will produce more uranium fuel for reactors to be sold in a number of countries including China and Russia. Will they develop a nuclear program? The chances they will are much better now with sanctions applied because they will need to produce more nuclear fuel to raise cash. In effect, Trump has left them no alternative. If they substantially increase the uranium refinement program to raise cash, Trump will almost surely launch a military attack so they just as well start cranking out nukes which could be a deterrent.
In 2007, the United States
National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) stated that Iran halted an alleged active nuclear weapons program in fall 2003.
In November 2011, the IAEA reported credible evidence that Iran had been conducting experiments aimed at designing a nuclear bomb until 2003 but if that continued is was on small scale.
The consensus view of all 16 American spy agencies) "judged with high confidence" that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, with "moderate confidence" that the program has remains frozen"
In May 2018 the IAEA, after 3000 man days of investigation and inspections reiterated its 2015 report, saying it had found no credible evidence of nuclear weapons activity in Iran after 2009.
Views on the nuclear program of Iran - Wikipedia