YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS: Armenian prime minister Andranik Margarian has sent today a message of condolences to Iran’s vice-president Mohammad Reza Arefi to convey the profound sympathy of Armenians to the friendly nation of Iran in connection with an earthquake in the southeast of the country. “I was deeply shocked with the report of the earthquake in Iran that has entailed numerous victims. Please accept my sincere, as well as of all Armenians’ condolences to the leadership and the people of Iran in connection with this tragedy,” Margarian’s message says.
The powerful earthquake struck the ancient Silk Road city of Bam in southeastern Iran on Friday, killing thousands and razing many buildings, according to Irna news agency. About 70 per cent of the buildings in Bam, a popular tourist destination some 1,000 km (600 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran, had collapsed in the earthquake which measured 6.3 on the Richter scale.
The quake struck at about 5:30 a.m. (0200 GMT) when most people in the city would probably have been asleep. The government mounted a major rescue operation in the date-growing area where houses are traditionally made of mud-brick. Another quake, measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale, hit the oil producing town of Masjed Soleyman in the southwestern Khuzestan province. IRNA said there were no reports of damage.
Quakes are a regular occurrence in Iran, which is crossed by several major faultlines in the earth’s structure.
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