Developments over the last 10 months – including Iran’s abrogation in July of its agreement with the EU3 (Britain, France, and Germany), its resumption in August of uranium conversion at Isfahan, the end of its voluntary implementation of the IAEA Additional Protocol, the weak U.N. Security Council Presidential statement issued at the end of March, Iran’s production of enriched uranium at Natanz, and the inability so far of the five Security Council Permanent Members to agree on a Chapter 7 resolution – have created a widespread impression that Iran’s quest for a fissile material production capability is progressing more rapidly than expected and is essentially unstoppable.