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Deadly quake hits Iran & Iraq
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Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in Iran and Iraq, according to early estimates by local officials, after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the region Sunday.
12 November 2017
22:32 GMT
At least 30 people were killed and over 200 killed in Iran's Kermanshah province alone, according to the local deputy governor, but the exact number of casualties is yet to be determined.
22:17 GMT
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has tasked the country's Interior Ministry with addressing “as soon as possible the needs of residents of the country's western areas, affected by the earthquake,” his press service said.
