Iran war: further escalation or talks?

Despite sanctions and surveillance, Iran has managed to secretly build up its military arsenal, Diário de Notícias concludes:

“The smoke hanging over Iran’s cities and industrial complexes should dispel one of the greatest illusions of modern geopolitics: that economic sanctions and IAEA monitoring have been effective in curbing Tehran’s military ambitions. Reality has proven the opposite. While the world was focusing on the technical debate over small quantities of enriched uranium and the fate of the nuclear deal, the Iranian regime was carrying out a quiet but profound military transformation, the results of which are now visible to all.”