IRAN

Runoff election planned after low-turnout vote

Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.

More than 60% of voters cast no ballot in the race that saw reformist Masoud Pezeshkian best Saeed Jalili, who competed alongside two other hard-liners.

With Jalili now alone in facing the cardiac surgeon, Pezeshkian’s campaign would need to draw voters to the July 5 runoff in an election they otherwise have not taken part in as public anger hardens after years of Iran facing economic hardships and mass protests under its Shiite theocracy.

Of the 24.5 million votes cast in Friday’s election, Pezeshkian got 10.4 million while Jalili received 9.4 million, election spokesman Mohsen Eslami announced.

NEW YORK

Driver crashes into nail salon; four killed, nine hurt

A Long Island man has been arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated after authorities say he crashed his SUV into a nail salon, killing four people and injuring nine others, police said Saturday.

Suffolk County Police said Steven Schwally of Dix Hills had been speeding through the parking lot when he drove his SUV through the front window of Hawaii Nail & Spa in Deer Park about 4:30 p.m. Friday.

The salon was open and conducting business, police said. Fire officials responding to the crash said Schwally was semiconscious when his vehicle came to stop nearly at the back of the store, which is in a strip mall.

Three women and a man were pronounced dead at the scene. Eight females and one man were transported to hospitals, at least two of them with serious injuries, police said. One of the injured victims was a 12-year-old girl. The remaining were all adults, police said.

Schwally was transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.

Fda

Mushroom edibles recalled after spate of serious illnesses

Diamond Shruumz-brand chocolate bars and other mushroom edibles have been recalled after dozens of people fell ill after consuming the products, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

Health officials previously warned the public to avoid the company’s gummies, ice cream cone-shaped edibles and chocolate bars. At least 39 illnesses across 20 states have been linked to the products, including 23 people who were hospitalized. Some patients had seizures or lost consciousness and needed to be placed on ventilators. People also developed high blood pressure and abnormal heart rates.

The FDA said Friday that its investigation had found that the brand’s products, which are sold online and in smoke shops across the country, contained toxic levels of muscimol, a psychoactive chemical found in Amanita mushrooms. The agency said muscimol could be a potential cause of the symptoms people experienced after consuming Diamond Shruumz edibles.

Prophet Premium Blends, which makes Diamond Shruumz edibles, urged consumers to refrain from eating its products. — Denver Post wire services