Iran complying with nuke deal, report finds

VIENNA — Iran has corrected one violation of its landmark nuclear deal with six world powers and is honoring all other major obligations, the U.N. atomic energy agency reported Friday.

The U.N's International Atomic Energy Agency is responsible for monitoring the agreement Iran signed last year with the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia that reduces and limits Tehran's nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

In February, a month after the deal's implementation, the agency noted that Iran had produced heavy water beyond its allotted limit of 143.3 tons. Tehran was now below that amount, the assessment said.

Heavy water is a potential proliferation concern because it is used in reactors that produce substantial amounts of plutonium, a potential path to nuclear weapons. Some of the excess was exported in February to the U.S. under an arrangement criticized by U.S. congressional opponents who asserted it facilitated Iranian violations of the deal.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to bar the U.S. government from purchasing more heavy water from Iran, but a similar amendment died in the Senate earlier in the year. Differences between the chambers have yet to be resolved, but any ban is expected to be vetoed by President Barack Obama.

The deal also crimped and set long-term restrictions on uranium enrichment, a process that — like plutonium production — can be turned to making nuclear weapons. Iran was keeping to its commitments on that, the report said.

Brazilian police ID 4 of 33 men sought in gang rape

Police said Friday that they have identified and are searching for four of the 33 men suspected in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, a case that has rocked Latin America's largest nation and highlighted its endemic problem of violence against women.

The assault came to light after several men joked about the attack online, posting graphic photos and videos of the unconscious, naked teen on Twitter. Authorities say the rape happened May 21 while the girl was visiting her boyfriend in the Sao Joao shantytown on the west side of Rio de Janeiro.

Texas officials: 1 dead,

3 missing in flooding

BRENHAM, Texas — At least one person has died in Texas and three are missing after torrential rain caused floods that closed roads and schools, prompted evacuations, damaged homes and forced dozens of students to spend the night on campus, officials said Friday.

More rain was in the forecast.

A judge in Washington County, located between Austin and Houston, said one person drowned and another person was missing. An Austin-area official said two people were missing from a vehicle there.

Cellphone use carries small risk, study finds

WASHINGTON — A National Institutes of Health study of the potential dangers of cellphone radiation, conducted in rats, found a slight increase in brain tumors in males and raised dormant concerns about the safety of people spending so much time with cellphones up to their ears.

But other federal scientists pointed to flaws in the research, and experts said these findings and those from other studies suggest the potential risk from cellphone radiation is small.

Iowa bans life without parole for young killers

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A divided Iowa Supreme Court banned judges from imposing life prison sentences without the possibility of parole on juveniles convicted of first-degree murder.

The court ruled 4-3 Friday that the sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment under the Iowa Constitution. Even juveniles who commit the most heinous crimes should have the option of proving to the parole board that they have been rehabilitated, Justice Brent Appel wrote for the majority.

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Putin travels to Greece

Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Greece on Friday to visit a Christian Orthodox monastic sanctuary and eye energy and privatization deals in the cash-strapped country. Putin has made few visits to European Union nations since sanctions were imposed on Moscow two years ago in response to the Ukraine crisis.

3 more Navy officials held in bribery scandal

A long-running Navy corruption scandal reached new heights Friday as a lieutenant commander and two retired officers were arrested on federal charges of feeding inside information to a Singapore-based defense contractor for sex, vacations and other favors.

All three defendants are accused of acting as paid moles for the contractor, Glenn Defense Marine Asia. The new cases bring the number of people charged to 14. Prosecutors have said that as many as 200 people are under investigation.

Ex-Argentine dictator in ‘Condor' plot sentenced

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's last dictator and 14 other former military officials were sentenced Friday to prison for human rights crimes committed during the Operation Condor conspiracy to hunt down dissidents across South America and beyond.

An Argentine court on Friday sentenced former junta leader Reynaldo Bignone, 88, to 20 years. The ex-general who ruled Argentina in 1982-83 is serving life sentences for human rights abuses during the 1976-83 dictatorship.

Verizon, unions reach tentative agreement

NEW YORK — Striking Verizon employees may be back to work next week after the company and its unions reached an agreement in principle for a four-year contract.

About 39,000 landline and cable employees in nine Eastern states and Washington, D.C., have been on strike since mid-April, one of the largest strikes in the U.S. in recent years. Verizon had trained other workers to step in but there were still delays in installations for Fios customers.