Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna,
Mikhail Ulyanov, told Kommersant on Sunday that the IAEA is losing its status as
an impartial organization due to politicized handling of Iran's nuclear program.
He said the IAEA safeguards system remains a relatively effective mechanism but
is increasingly used by Western governments as a tool to pressure states, which
erodes the technical basis of safeguards and undermines impartiality.
