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Iran’s presidential candidates spar over nuclear deal yield
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A Guard of trying to derail the business conglomerate paramilitary Guard in which U.S. and other world pow-
hard-line candidate chal- deal with a missile launch. and endowments across the missile was marked with ers, which saw Iran accept
lenged Iranian President Rouhani remains the favor- the country, can unseat Hebrew graffiti reading “Is- curbs on its nuclear pro-
Hassan Rouhani over the ite in the election as every Rouhani. Raisi said the nu- rael must be wiped out.” gram in exchange for relief
nuclear deal with world Iranian president since Su- clear deal had not resulted He said the act was intend- from crippling international
powers during a televised preme Leader Ayatollah in tangible benefits for or- ed to disrupt the deal. sanctions.
debate Friday, while the Ali Khamenei himself took dinary Iranians. “Dear peo- Rouhani also said his rivals Trump’s administration ap-
incumbent accused hard- the presidency in 1981 has ple! Our question is whether were hoping U.S. President pears to have taken an
liners of attempting to de- won re-election. However, the wheels of economy are Donald Trump would tear aggressive stance on Iran,
rail the accord. hard-liners hope Ebrahim turning. Businessmen: are up the agreement. disparaging the landmark
The second of three de- Raisi, appointed in 2016 by you able to do business?” “When Trump took office deal and accusing Iran of
bates before Iran’s May 19 Supreme Leader Ayatollah he said. you all celebrated saying fomenting violence and
presidential election saw Ali Khamenei as head of For his part, Rouhani re- he would tear up the deal,” terrorism throughout the
Rouhani accuse elements Imam Reza charity founda- ferred to a March 2016 bal- he said. Iran signed the Middle East, charges that
within Iran’s Revolutionary tion, which owns a huge listic missile launch by the 2015 nuclear deal with the Iran denies. q
North Korea accuses US, South Korea of assassination attempt
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. geting its supreme leader- The statement, carried by
North Korea has accused the U.S. and South Korean spy agencies of an unsuccessful assassina- ship. North Korea’s official news
tion attempt on leader Kim Jong Un involving bio-chemical weapons. North Korea frequently agency and read on state
lambasts the United States TV, didn’t describe how the
(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) and South Korea, but its alleged plot was broken
accusation Friday was un- up or give the full name of
By KIM TONG-HYUNG an unsuccessful assassi- Ministry of State Security usual in its detail. the North Korean suspect,
Associated Press nation attempt on leader said it will “ferret out and The ministry said the spy identifying him only by his
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Un involving bio- mercilessly destroy” the agencies in June 2014 surname, Kim, and didn’t
North Korea on Friday ac- chemical weapons. “terrorists” in the CIA and “ideologically corrupted say whether anyone else
cused the U.S. and South In a statement carried on South Korean intelligence and bribed” a North Kore- was in custody.
Korean spy agencies of state media, North Korea’s agency responsible for tar- an citizen who was working In Washington, the CIA de-
in Russia to carry out the al- clined to comment, and of-
leged assassination on Kim ficials at South Korea’s Na-
after returning home. tional Intelligence Service
It said South Korean agents did not answer repeated
gave money and satellite phone calls.
communication equip- The alleged plan to use a
ment to the North Korean biochemical agent on a
to attack Kim during a member of North Korea’s
public event using a bio- ruling family resembles the
chemical weapon such as assassination earlier this
a delayed-action radioac- year of Kim Jong Un’s ex-
tive or “nano poisonous” iled half brother at a Ma-
substance. laysian airport.
The ministry said after a se-
ries of contacts and pay- That attack, using the
ments, the agents told the chemical war agent VX,
North Korean last month was widely blamed on
that the type of biochemi- North Korea and led to calls
cal substance had been in the United States to relist
decided and would be the North as a state spon-
supplied by the CIA. sor of terrorism. North Korea
denied involvement. q
Pakistan-Afghan border cross-fire kills 15 on both sides
By ABDUL SATTAR neighbors.Pakistani gov- border crossing in Chaman tor at the state-run hospital Afghanistan.
MUNIR AHMED ernment and military offi- in response to the early in Chaman. Pakistan’s foreign ministry
Associated Press cials said the artillery rounds morning attack, blocking At least 42 people were spokesman Nafeez Zakaria
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — that hit in the border town all movement of people reported wounded on the said the census workers
Backed by artillery, Afghan of Chaman in southwestern and supplies to its land- Pakistani side, including were on their side of the
security forces fired across Baluchistan province were locked neighbor. women and children, and border when Afghan forces
the border on Pakistani unprovoked but Afghan Residents in the area said Mohammad said some of opened fire.
census workers and troops provincial officials claimed Pakistani and Afghan secu- the wounded were in criti- According to local resi-
escorting them on Friday, that the Pakistanis fired first. rity personnel exchanged cal condition. dents, dozens of shells
killing nine and drawing a The incident was the latest fire using light and heavy Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif slammed into nearby vil-
response from the military, escalation between the weapons. issued a statement describ- lages, as well as close to the
Pakistan said. On the Af- two neighbors who share a “So far, we have received ing the Afghan firing as “un- regional headquarters of
ghan side, officials report- volatile and porous bound- nine bodies. These civilians fortunate” and urged Ka- Pakistan’s paramilitary forc-
ed six killed in the incident, ary. Pakistani army spokes- were killed as a result of bul to put an end to cross- es. Several of the wounded
a significant escalation of man Maj. Gen. Asif Gha- the Afghan shelling,” said border attacks that threat- said their homes were de-
hostilities between the two foor said the army shut the Akhtar Mohammad, a doc- en efforts to bring peace to stroyed in the exchange.q
