[BirAdam]

Not just that, being a threshold state abiding by international agreements with both US intelligence and the IAEA stating that you’re not building nukes doesn’t save you from attacks aimed at preventing you from building them. Thus, why the heck would you not build them?

[dlubarov]

Well, IAEA did find Iran to be in breach of their safeguards agreement, mainly given the state of their uranium enrichment and their unconvincing claims about civilian uses. "Not building nukes" can mean "not at the final device assembly stage yet".