Iran continues cooperation with IAEA based on safeguards, NPT

Iran will continue cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) within the framework of relevant international agreements, including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), said its nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami on Monday at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology (ICNST) 2024.

Scheduled from May 6 to 8 in the central Iranian province of Isfahan, ICNST 2024 focuses on the peaceful nuclear plans and the application of nuclear science and technology to enhance people's wellbeing.

Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said Iran would advance its nuclear power generation in the northern and southern coastal regions now that achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 has become a global goal.

He stressed that the AEOI had placed on its agenda the generation of 20,000 megawatts of nuclear power by 2041.

The AEOI chief expressed the hope that the United Nations nuclear watchdog would remain unaffected by external "political influence and pressure" against Iran's nuclear program.

"The cooperation with the IAEA within the framework of the safeguards agreement and the NPT is a priority in Iran's national policies and strategies. Iran hopes that the IAEA, as an international organization, will play an independent role and remain unaffected by political influence and pressure," Eslami said.

IAEA Safeguards are activities by which the IAEA can verify that a State is living up to its international commitments not to use nuclear programs for nuclear-weapons purposes.

Earlier in the day, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran to attend the conference and later meet Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran. He will continue the negotiations with Iranian officials on nuclear issues in Isfahan on Tuesday.

Iran continues cooperation with IAEA based on safeguards, NPT

A fifth grader in Shaoxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, has been praised by the school for her acts of saving a classmate from choking via the Heimlich maneuver.

Security camera video recorded on May 8 shows that Li Lexin, a student with the Qingfangcheng No. 2 Primary School, is walking home with her two classmates and finds out that one of the classmates suddenly begins struggling in breathing. He is later found to be chocked by an ice cube.

"I realized he was choking, and I was a little bit in panic. But the Heimlich rescue approach soon popped up in my mind. And I quickly took his backpack off, used the Heimlich maneuver, and after two compressions, he spit out the ice cube stuck in his throat," Li said.

Thanks to regular first-aid trainings carried out at Li's school, Li saved the classmate from the dangerous situation in just six seconds.

"When it comes to student safety education, in addition to the regular '11530' safety education reminder and the monthly emergency drill, we will, on other occasions of safety education, routinely teach the students safety knowledge and provide them with safety skills training," said Xu Xudong, principal of the Qingfangcheng No. 2 Primary School.

The "11530" safety education reminder refers to one-minute safety reminder told by parents to their children before school, one-minute safety education carried out by teachers for their students after classes, five-minute morning talks carried out by teachers with their students on weekends, and 30-minute safety education course for students before each major holiday or on each safety education day.

Primary school student saves choking classmate via Heimlich maneuver