Russia has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to uphold impartiality in monitoring Iran’s nuclear facilities and refrain from politicizing its nuclear case.

According to The Iran Project, In a press conference on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the call when commenting on provocative remarks by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi who claimed that Tehran may develop nuclear weapons.

“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.”

Zakharova’s remarks came after Grossi told the Italian news agency ANSA that Iran had “developed much stronger capabilities” regarding various aspects of its nuclear energy program, alleging, “It (the Islamic Republic) has uranium at 60% — 90% is military grade.”

He went as far as claiming that the Islamic Republic “is thus practically at the same level as nuclear-armed states.”