Advertisement
New Zealand markets closed

  • NZX 50

    11,805.09
    -141.34 (-1.18%)
     

  • NZD/USD

    0.5946
    -0.0004 (-0.06%)
     

  • NZD/EUR

    0.5554
    +0.0014 (+0.25%)
     

  • ALL ORDS

    7,837.40
    -100.10 (-1.26%)
     

  • ASX 200

    7,575.90
    -107.10 (-1.39%)
     

  • OIL

    83.72
    +0.15 (+0.18%)
     

  • GOLD

    2,348.70
    +6.20 (+0.26%)
     

  • NASDAQ

    17,754.73
    +324.23 (+1.86%)
     

  • FTSE

    8,139.83
    +60.97 (+0.75%)
     

  • Dow Jones

    38,297.05
    +211.25 (+0.55%)
     

  • DAX

    18,161.01
    +243.73 (+1.36%)
     

  • Hang Seng

    17,651.15
    +366.61 (+2.12%)
     

  • NIKKEI 225

    37,934.76
    +306.28 (+0.81%)
     

  • NZD/JPY

    93.7590
    +1.2630 (+1.37%)
     

Iran state news: Bandits kill 4 troops near Pakistan border

Associated Press
·1-min read

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Armed bandits killed four members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard in fighting in a southern province, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.

The report said the clash between Guard members and the bandits happened Friday night in the Gounic district of Sistan and Baluchistan province. The site of the fighting is some 1,250 kilometers (775 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran. It did not elaborate.

The province has been the scene of occasional clashes between Baluch militants and Iranian forces. Security forces have also fought with drug traffickers in the province, which is on a major smuggling route for Afghan opium and heroin.

In April, Guard members shot dead three militants and dismantled their cell in the province.