The report last week by The New York Times that Iran kept growing its nuclear stockpile throughout the negotiations, despite White House assurances to the contrary, was the last nail in the coffin. Iran has been caught red-handed lying, cheating, and double-talking throughout this process. It is still developing missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads, according to the Pentagon. It is reportedly still working with North Korea on military nuclear technology.

In other words, everything we know suggests Iran is still on its nuclear trip, despite its promises and despite the ongoing negotiations.

Iran has every reason and incentive to pursue the bomb. After Libya gave up its WMDs, its government was overrun by President Obama’s 2011 intervention, signaling that no country in the region is truly safe without them. Combine that with the Iranian regime’s longstanding project of national greatness and its apocalyptic anti-Semitism, and you can see why Iran would make an audacious bet that Israel and the U.S. will not attack if it continues to develop nuclear weapons.

That is the story that matches up with the facts. The other story — Iran is willing to give up its nuclear ambitions — no longer does.