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No Armenians found among Iran quake victims
August 13, 2012 - 15:04 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - No Armenians have been found among the victims of
August 11 disastrous earthquakes in Iran, representative of RA embassy
in Tehran said.
As he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the Armenian community didn't
suffer material losses, either, with interior of several Armenian
churches damaged only.
Iran has raised the death toll from Saturday's (Aug. 11) twin
earthquakes to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for
survivors.
Heath Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a session of parliament
that the number jumped by about 50 after victims died in hospital.
More than 3,000 people were injured in the earthquakes.
Scores of aftershocks have hit Iran's mountainous north-east since the
6.4 and 6.3 magnitude quakes hit the region, where some 300,000 people
live near the borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia.
From: A. Papazian
August 13, 2012 - 15:04 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - No Armenians have been found among the victims of
August 11 disastrous earthquakes in Iran, representative of RA embassy
in Tehran said.
As he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the Armenian community didn't
suffer material losses, either, with interior of several Armenian
churches damaged only.
Iran has raised the death toll from Saturday's (Aug. 11) twin
earthquakes to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for
survivors.
Heath Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a session of parliament
that the number jumped by about 50 after victims died in hospital.
More than 3,000 people were injured in the earthquakes.
Scores of aftershocks have hit Iran's mountainous north-east since the
6.4 and 6.3 magnitude quakes hit the region, where some 300,000 people
live near the borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia.
From: A. Papazian