Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Eight Iranian guards killed near Pakistan border

TEHRAN, Iran — An attack by gunmen in Iran's volatile southeast near the border with Pakistan killed eight Iranian border guards, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday.
The area has been scene of occasional clashes between Iranian forces and militant groups believed to be affiliated with al-Qaida.
Four of the guards killed in the attack in the restive Sistan-Baluchistan province on Monday were conscripts, said Fars. It also said three of the attackers were killed in the shootout with the militants.
It was the second reported incident on Monday in Sistan-Baluchistan near the Pakistani border. Earlier, Iran's official IRNA news said Revolutionary Guard units broke up a militant group linked to a "foreign intelligence" agency, killed three of its members and detained several. IRNA also said Guard forces confiscated a large amount of weapons and communication equipment from the militant group.
Fars said a militant group known as Jeish al-Adl — meaning Army of Justice in English — on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack on its Twitter page. It said the group's members targeted border guards in the town of Negur on Monday night, after crossing over from Pakistan.
There was no immediate comment from Pakistani officials on the incident.
Jeish al-Adl has been behind several attacks in Iran over the past two years and is believed affiliated with al-Qaida. In January, Iran reported arresting 20 members of the group in Sistan-Baluchista
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Eight found dead, no gas found in generator


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — A man found dead with his seven children in a Maryland home where power was cut due to an outstanding bill had tried to keep the family warm with a generator, a relative said.
Lloyd Edwards told The Associated Press that his stepson, 36-year-old Rodney Todd, had bought the generator after the power was shut off to the home in Princess Anne, about 60 miles southeast of Annapolis on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He said those who died were Todd and Todd's two sons and five daughters.
"To keep his seven children warm, (Todd) bought a generator, Edwards said, adding: "The carbon monoxide consumed them."
Authorities had no immediate information on the cause of the deaths.
Lloyd and Bonnie Edwards spoke with an AP report outside the one-story wood frame home, identifying themselves as the mother and stepfather of the 36-year-old Todd, whom they identified as the adult who died.
Princess Anne Police Chief Scott Keller told The AP a generator that was out of gasoline was found in the kitchen of the home, where the bodies were discovered Monday.
A police statement said only that the cause of the deaths remains under investigation and it identified the victims as an adult and seven children from 6 years old to the teens, without naming them or any relationships among them.
Matt Likovich, a spokesman for Delmarva Power, would not say Monday night whether the power had been cut off. He said the matter is being investigated.
People hugged each other and looked on somberly outside the home Monday as police officers stood by and investigators went through the house. The home was encircled with yellow police tape, wrapped around some trees in the yard.
"It's so hard," the stepfather said.
Police said in a statement that officers went to the home after being contacted by the man's co-worker, anxious that the man hadn't been seen in days.
Bonnie Edwards, Todd's mother, identified the man's children as boys Cameron, 13, and Zycheim, 7; and girls Tynijuiza, 15; Tykira, 12; Tybree, 10; Tyania, 9; and Tybria, 6.
Bonnie Edwards described her son as a loving, caring young man who set an example for his children. "I don't know anyone his age who would have done what he did" for his children, she said. "I was so proud to say he took care of seven kids."
Todd was a utility worker at the nearby University of Maryland Eastern Shore, said his supervisor Stephanie Wells.
Wells, who hadn't seen Todd since March 28, said she went to the house Monday morning and knocked on the door, but no one answered. She then filed a missing person report with police. ff
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Iran hardliners protest nuclear deal with U.S.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's official news agency says about 200 hard-liners staged a protest against the framework deal struck last week between Iran and the six world powers on limits on Tehran's nuclear program.
IRNA says Tuesday's gathering took place in front of the parliament in the Iranian capital without prior permission from authorities.
The rally coincided with a closed session of parliament during which Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif appeared before lawmakers to explain the framework agreement.
The deal, to be finalized by June 30, has been overwhelmingly backed by Iran's establishment, including President Hassan Rouhani but Iranian hard-liners have denounced it as a disaster for Iran.
The deal is to curb Iran's bomb-capable technology while giving Tehran quick access to bank accounts, oil markets and financial assets blocked by international sanctions.
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