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Iran:EarthQuake

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran, Breaking News

(November 27 14:30 Brussels Time):According to BBC [1] Several dead in south Iran quake :A powerful earthquake has hit southern Iran, damaging several villages and killing at least five people and injuring dozens more, officials say.
The 5.9-magnitude quake struck Qeshm island, home to 120,000 people, and the city of Bandar Abbas, state media said.
The Qeshm island governor said four nearby villages had been damaged and at least five people had been killed.
According to Isna(Iranian Student News Agnecy) [2]:Two villages were almost destroyed.