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Yukiya Amano

The designated director general of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi from Argentina, delivers a speech at the beginning of a general conference of the IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, December 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
December 2, 2019, 5:43 pm
New UN nuclear agency chief pledges ‘firm and fair’ stance on Iran
Rafael Grossi is unanimously confirmed as new IAEA leader, says inspections on Tehran’s facilities should be done ‘in firmness, but in fairness as well’
By Philipp Jenne
In this photo taken on October 2, 2019, one of the four candidates for the general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Argentina's Rafael Grossi, speaks to the press after an agency hearing. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
December 2, 2019, 8:21 am
New head takes reins of UN nuclear watchdog as Iran crisis deepens
Rafael Grossi, praised for his energy, experience and innovation, takes over IAEA Monday, with landmark JCPOA teetering and Tehran hurtling toward restarting nuke program
By AFP
In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 photo, Rafael Mariano Grossi, who has been chosen as the new head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, attends a news conference in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
October 29, 2019, 2:40 pm
Argentina’s Rafael Grossi elected head of UN’s nuclear watchdog
Diplomat chosen to succeed late IAEA director-general Yukiya Amano has vowed to be ‘firm but very fair’ in dealing with Iran
By Julia ZAPPEI
In this photo taken on October 2, 2019, one of the four candidates for the general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Argentina's Rafael Grossi, speaks to the press after an agency hearing. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
October 29, 2019, 11:16 am
Argentinian diplomat takes lead in tight race to lead UN atomic watchdog
Rafael Grossi reportedly secures backing from US, Brazil and 18 others, but still shy 3 votes; agency, tasked with overseeing Iran nuclear deal, to vote this week on new leader
By ToI Staff
A book of condolence in front of a portrait of the late director general of the IAEA, Yukiya Amano, in Vienna, Austria, July 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
August 1, 2019, 2:29 pm
UN nuclear watchdog to appoint new head in October
IAEA says next leader should enter office in January, following death of Yukiya Amano last month
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Cornel Feruta, the interim IAEA chief, in 2017 (screenshot: YouTube)
July 25, 2019, 4:29 pm
Romanian diplomat appointed interim IAEA chief
Cornel Feruta replaces Japan’s Yukiya Amano, who died last week at the age of 72
By ToI Staff and Agencies
FILE: A flag is flown at half-staff in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) building in Vienna, Austria, July 22, 2019. The IAEA lowered the flag to mourn the death of the agency's Director-General Yukiya Amano at the age of 72. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
July 24, 2019, 2:52 pm
UN nuclear watchdog to launch search for new chief
IAEA’s chief coordinator and Argentine envoy to agency considered frontrunners to replace Yukiya Amano after his death last week
By AFP
President Hassan Rouhani (r) and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano shake hands ahead of their meeting at the Presidency office in Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2016. (Iranian Presidency Office/AP)
July 24, 2019, 10:25 am
Iranian news agency blames Israel for death of UN nuclear watchdog chief
Government-linked Tasnim claims Yukiya Amano was killed for refusing to bow to pressure from Jerusalem and Washington; IAEA dismisses report
By ToI Staff
In this November 22, 2018, file photo, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano of Japan addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
July 22, 2019, 1:35 pm
UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano, who oversaw Iran treaty, dies at 72
Japanese diplomat succumbs to cancer after heading IAEA for a decade, plunging agency into uncertainty at highly sensitive time
By Kirsten Grieshaber and KYOKO METZLER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem, on May 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 10, 2019, 7:51 pm
Netanyahu: Iran’s Zarif lying, Tehran is the one threatening destruction
PM says Islamic Republic ‘accelerating its nuclear program,’ warns Israel won’t allow it to develop atomic weapons, hours after Iran’s FM castigated Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano at a press conference during the Board of Governors Meeting at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 10, 2019. (Dean Calma / IAEA)
June 10, 2019, 6:53 pm
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran uranium production up, can’t confirm compliance
In first since the 2015 pact was signed, IAEA doesn’t say Tehran is abiding by it
By ToI Staff and AFP
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan, addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, June 4, 2018. (Ronald Zak/AP)
From the WebJune 10, 2019, 3:01 pm
UN nuclear watchdog: Iran’s uranium ‘production rate is increasing’
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano warns of rising tension, says ‘essential that Iran fully implements its nuclear-related commitments’ under 2015 deal
By AFP
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan, waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, November 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
November 22, 2018, 4:07 pm
UN atomic watchdog says Iran still complying with nuclear deal
Tehran said sticking to its obligations, despite US withdrawal from accord and implementation of fresh sanctions
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York on September 27, 2018, holding up a picture of an alleged Iranian "secret atomic warehouse." (Timothy A. Clary/AFP)
October 2, 2018, 7:57 pm
Hitting back, Netanyahu says nuke watchdog hasn’t checked Iran site he revealed
PM rejects claim by IAEA chief that all relevant facilities were visited, calls on agency to visit alleged Tehran ‘atomic warehouse’ with Geiger counters right away
By ToI Staff
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan, addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, June 4, 2018. (Ronald Zak/AP)
October 2, 2018, 2:30 pm
IAEA chief rebuffs Netanyahu, says it has ‘visited’ all relevant Iran sites
After PM claims he told UN agency about alleged secret Tehran site, director Amano insists all necessary locations have been accessed
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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