Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Iranian relief workers saved more than 200 people from the rubble of dozens of villages destroyed when two powerful earthquakes struck Saturday in a wide area north of the city of Tabriz, an Iranian official said on Sunday. The official, Hassan...
The Globe & Mail
Bodies of victims of an earthquake lie in the city of Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran on Saturday, state...
Yedioth Ahronoth
Breaking News Assad sends condolences to Ahmadinejad over earthquakes Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday sent a cable of condolences to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in which he expressed deep sorrow over the victims of the two...
Los Angeles Times
The death toll from twin earthquakes rose to 300, officials said Sunday, as rescue efforts in northwest Iran continued and more bodies were expected to be found. But some witnesses complained that the government was not aiding the efforts of...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Iran (AP) Rescuers ended the search on Sunday for survivors of twin earthquakes in northwestern Iran that killed at least 250 people and injured more than 2,600 a day earlier, state television reported. At least 20 villages were totally leveled,...
The Guardian
Handout/Reuters Overcrowded hospitals in north-west Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday as rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful earthquakes killed nearly 300 people. Thousands huddled in...