Q&A: The head of the UN nuclear agency discusses Iran, North Korea and how nuclear power can fight climate change
VIENNA - As the world's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency is responsible for ensuring nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes. That has rarely been easy.
Established as an agency of the United Nations in 1957, the IAEA has been at the center of one of the world's biggest nonproliferation crises - in Iran, where its inspectors are monitoring the 2015 nuclear deal. They are barred from the other, in North Korea, which kicked the agency out in 2009.
Director-General Yukiya Amano, a Japanese diplomat, has led the agency since 2009 and was recently elected to a third term. In a recent interview, he defended
