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Summary IAEA chief says the world should not relax on nuclear safety despite improvements since 2001.
Iran should finally understand the message that it needs to do more to address global concerns that it wants the bomb, following the UN atomic agencys latest board resolution, the watchdogs chief told AFP.I hope that Iran clearly understands the message and engages with us on substance, International Atomic Energy Agency director general Yukiya Amano said in an interview.This is our objective.... For Iran, cooperating with the IAEA should be in their interest, the 65-year-old Japanese career diplomat, agency head since December 2009, said Thursday at the IAEAs Vienna headquarters.On Thursday the IAEAs 35-nation board of governors approved with a crushing majority a resolution of serious concern about Irans nuclear activities, which Tehran insists are peaceful.The IAEA however says repeatedly that it cannot vouch for this, and the UN Security Council has passed six resolutions against Iran, four of them with sanctions attached.In a wide-ranging interview, Amano also said that he was available for a second four-year term and that the world should not relax on nuclear safety despite improvements since the 2011 Fukushima disaster in his home country.Im in good health, and you can see it. Im not looking for a new job. And Im available for the next term, he said.
