To be sure Iran offered, in 2005 and subsequently, to tether its program to international co-management, which arguably could have placed resident international monitors on site. But both the international community and Iran failed to follow through, and now that opportunity has increasingly become moot as Iranian engineers gain confidence in their handiwork.
的确，伊朗曾经在2005年以及后来曾经提出将其核子项目处于国际共同管理之下，这样做无疑会将国际监督员派驻现场。但是国际社会和伊朗都没有跟进，而且随着伊朗的工程师对其工作增加了信心，这一机会日益无用。