International Business Times
Iran's government faced criticism from lawmakers and the public on Monday over its handling of relief efforts after two large earthquakes killed 300 people and injured thousands in the northwest of the country. Monday, and Iran's top lawmaker Ali...
Daily Nation
Rating Twin earthquakes that devastated rural villages in northwest Iran killed a total of 306 people, most of them women and children, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said on Monday, adding that the search for bodies was ongoing. Another 3,...
Zee News
The toll in Saturday's strong twin quakes in northwest Iran has risen to 306, Fars news agency cited the Iranian health minister as saying on Monday. Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told Iran's Majlis (Parliament) on Monday that the number of fatalities in...
Voice of America
VOA News August 13, 2012 Iran has raised the death toll from Saturday's two earthquakes to more than 300, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors. Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a session of parliament Monday that the...
NOW Lebanon
Twin earthquakes that devastated rural villages in northwest Iran on the weekend killed a total of 306 people most of them women and children and injured 3,037, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi said on Monday. The official toll, presented in a...
The Age
Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a session of parliament on Monday that the number of dead had jumped by about 50 after victims expired in the hospital. More than 3000 people were injured in the earthquakes, he said. On Sunday the...