Iran,tehran earthquake,up to 300 killed andup to 3100 injured

Strong earthquakes struck northwestern Iran on Saturday, the head of emergency services in the country.And multiple rounds of in reference to the major cities in the region and a neighboring province.The official toll, which was presented in a report to Parliament, and published on the website of the parliament, and a big jump during the last one given on Sunday by Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, who spoke of 227 dead and 1380 wounded.A single Dastjerdi that among the dead, 306, hospital morgue counted 219 of women, children and men 49. It seemed to contrast with the total comes from the fact that it was buried some of those killed by their families before officials arrived at the scene.Thrust earthquakes 6.4 and 6.3 degrees on the scale of the moment through the volume of north-western Iran on Saturday and settlement built of brick and concrete houses in the villages to the north-east of the city of Tabriz.He called on the authorities of the rescue operations on Sunday after he was pulled all the possible survivors.A single Dastjerdi "We are continuing to search for bodies."She also said that among the 3037 injury, and most - and provided first aid at the scene, while the rest were taken to hospitals for treatment - 2011. She added that the implementation of certain surgical operations 700.

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And killed up to 50 people and 400 wounded, and two powerful earthquakes struck northwestern Iran on Saturday, the head of emergency services in the country.
And multiple tours in reference to the major cities in the region and a neighboring province.Other officials said two powerful earthquakes struck in quick succession, prompting panicked residents fleeing from their homes.Measure the temblors, which occurred near Tabriz, and home to 1.5 million people and 6.2 and 6.0 on a scale the size of this moment, according to the seismic center of the University of Tehran.Classified U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors earthquakes around the world, as a stronger, at 6.4 and 6.3, respectively.Survived unscathed Tabriz itself, regardless of the observed cracks in buildings.
But neighboring villages, and were "a concern," said provincial governor Ahmed Ali Reza Beigi state television, adding that he is not yet able to give the outcome of infections in general.The Seismological Center at the University of Tehran in the first quake hit at 04:53 (1223 GMT), with only 60 kilometers from the center of Tabriz, near the town of Ahar, and a depth of 10 kilometers.Moved in 11 minutes later from a spot almost the same amount - Episode II - 1 large earthquake. A series of 11 smaller aftershocks, the classification of 4.7 or less, quickly.Iran sits at the crossroads of several major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes, some of which was devastating.It was the deadliest earthquake 6.6 on the Richter scale that hit the southern city of Bam in December 2003, killing 31,000 people - about a quarter of the population - and the destruction of the ancient city of mud castle.