Iran in Mourning After Earthquake that Killed 430

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged Tuesday his government would quickly help to rebuild areas affected by a deadly earthquake, as the country observed an official day of mourning for the victims.


Rouhani spoke during a visit to Kermanshah, which was hit the hardest by Sunday's magnitude 7.3 quake along the Iran-Iraq border.

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said at least 430 people were reported dead and 7,000 others injured. Many of the victims were in Sarpol-e-Zahab in Iran's Kermanshah province. Iraq's Interior Ministry put the death toll there at seven people with 500 injured.
 [voanews.com]
 14/11/17
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• A powerful magnitude-7.3 earthquake rocked last night the western areas in Iran, killing more than 328 people and injuring thousands.