Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak noted that "the efforts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power are at their lowest point ever and seem to be heading towards failure." In an article for the American magazine "TIME," he pointed out that "in 2015, the U.S.-led agreement to delay Iran's program did not achieve enough, and the U.S. withdrawal from the same agreement in 2018 allowed Iran to 'legitimize' its continuous march towards a 'nuclear threshold' status—meaning possessing enough high-grade enrichment."