Russia has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to maintain an impartial stance regarding its monitoring of Iran’s nuclear facilities. This appeal comes after the IAEA warned that Iran is rapidly approaching nuclear state status.
In a statement made during a Wednesday briefing, Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, expressed concerns over the politicization of the IAEA’s activities. “We hope that the IAEA will be able to ensure the objectivity and impartially of the monitoring within the framework of its technical mandate, without getting politicized, without succumbing to absolutely perverted tricks by the Western camp,”Zakharova stated.
“We see this as a necessary guarantee of constructive cooperation between the agency and Iran the strengthening of which we have invariably supported,” she noted during a briefing.
This call from Russia comes at a time when international tensions regarding Iran’s nuclear capabilities are escalating.