Iran considers pulling out of nuclear deal
Hero teacher swatted gun away – pupil
VIENNA: Iran will pull out of the landmark deal to stop the country from developing nuclear weapons unless it receives guarantees that the economic incentives of the pact will be protected by the other parties, a senior Iranian official says.
This follows the US decision to withdraw from the deal and Washington’s threat of sanctions against companies that trade with Iran.
“We are still complying, but we have not yet decided whether to stay in the deal or not,” the official told a small group of reporters on condition of anonymity. It depends on the remaining joint comprehensive plan of action participants.”
Iran wanted guarantees it could continue to sell its oil on world markets, and have access to international banking, among other things, he said.
The other countries involved in the nuclear deal met on Friday. Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to the deal, which limits Iran’s enrichment and stockpiling of material that could be applied to a nuclear weapons programme. In exchange, Tehran was granted relief from trade, oil and banking sanctions.
The Iranian official said Tehran would decide whether to remain in the deal in a “few weeks”. – AP/ African News Agency/ana NOBLESVILLE: An Indiana pupil armed with two handguns opened fire inside his science classroom on Friday, wounding a classmate and a teacher, whose swift intervention was credited with saving lives.
The shooter, who had asked to be dismissed from the class before returning with the guns, was arrested “extremely quickly” after the incident at about 9am at Noblesville West Middle School, police chief Kevin Jowitt said.
Authorities did not release his name or say whether he had been in trouble before but indicated he probably had acted alone.
Pupil Ethan Stonebraker said the shooter was acting suspiciously when he walked into the room. He said teacher Jason Seaman had averted a catastrophe.
“Our teacher immediately ran at him, swatted a gun out of his hand and tackled him to the ground. If it weren’t for him, more of us would have been injured for sure.”
The attack comes a week after an attack at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, that killed eight pupils and two teachers, and months after the school attack that killed 17 people in Florida. The Florida attack inspired pupils from that school and others throughout the country to call for more restrictions on access to guns.
Seaman’s brother Jeremy said the teacher was shot three times and was undergoing surgery.
Authorities released no information about conditions of the two victims, who were taken to hospitals.
Hours after the shooting, police sealed off part of an upmarket neighbourhood in Noblesville but did not comment on whether the suspect lived there. A member of a landscaping crew working nearby said six officers toting assault rifles had entered a home. – Ap/african News Agency/ana