IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano Who Oversaw Iran Deal Dies at 72

VIENNA—Yukiya Amano, the Japanese diplomat who led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade and was extensively involved in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program and the cleanup of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, has died at 72, the agency announced on July 22.

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, on Nov. 22, 2018. Ronald Zak/AP Photo

VIENNA—Yukiya Amano, the Japanese diplomat who led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade and was extensively involved in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program and the cleanup of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, has died at 72, the agency announced on July 22.

Amano, who had wide experience in disarmament, non-proliferation diplomacy, and nuclear energy issues, had been chief of the key U.N. agency that regulates nuclear use worldwide since 2009.