The IAEA had already sounded the alarms that Iran was close to getting a nuclear weapon.
OverstatedMike Collins, at Georgia U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (Atlanta News First)
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Why we checked itA specific claim about an IAEA assessment regarding Iran's nuclear weapons proximity — verifiable against actual IAEA reports and statements.
What we foundThe IAEA raised serious alarms about Iran's growing enrichment stockpile and lack of transparency, but explicitly stopped short of saying Iran was 'close to getting a nuclear weapon' — distinguishing fissile material accumulation from actual weaponization.