Earthquake leaves 3 dead

Iranian state TV said a magnitude 5.7 earthquake left three people dead and about 200 injured in a remote area in the country’s northeast. The quake that struck late on Saturday jolted the town of Pishqaleh, a farming region close to the Turkmenistan border, with a population of about 2,000 people, some 800 kilometers northeast of the capital Teheran. The quake led to a power outage and TV reports said the quake damaged several buildings in nearby villages.