Context

• The UN nuclear watchdog IAEA’s governing body began meeting as a row brews over Iran’s refusal to allow access to two sites where nuclear activity may have occurred in the past.

About IAEA

• An international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.
• Headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
• Established as an autonomous organisation on 29 July 1957.
• Though established independently of the UN through its own international treaty, the IAEA reports to both the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council.
• Serves as an intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology and nuclear power worldwide.