The IAEA is scrutinizing Iran's nuclear activities with heightened vigilance as Western powers coalesce to excoriate Tehran for its persistent infractions at the impending Board of Governors meeting; absent a rapprochement with Washington, Iran risks the reimposition of "snapback" sanctions, the lifting of which was predicated on the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), thereby precipitating a potential resurgence of overt antagonism, wherein the IAEA occupies a pivotal, albeit precarious, position, despite its foundational mandate, since 1957, to impartially verify declared nuclear inventories; whilst the JCPOA stipulated a 3.67% uranium enrichment ceiling, the abrogation of the accord by the US in 2018 catalyzed a progressive escalation to 60%, portending further economic debilitation and amplifying the specter of preemptive aerial interdiction of Iranian nuclear sites by either the US or Israel, notwithstanding that a reinstated accord would ostensibly obviate military intervention, Israel has nonetheless iterated its preparedness for unilateral action to neutralize Iran's program.