IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted Bent in southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Sunday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 6:21 hours local time (01:51 GMT) in an area located at 26.62 degrees latitude and 58.98 degrees longitude and ...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA An earthquake measuring 3.7 on Richter scale jolted surrounding areas of Iranshahr in southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Monday morning. According to the report of seismography center affiliated to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 05:09 hours local time (01:39 hours GMT) and its epicenter ...

[caption id="attachment_25112" align="alignright" width="300"] A photo showing damages sustained in Irans southeastern city of Saravan following an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale, April 16, 2013[/caption] On Tuesday, April 16, there was yetanother earthquakein the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. Neighboring Pakistan, this province ...

President Goodluck Jonathan today commiserated with President Xi Jinping and the people of China over the massive devastation and loss of many lives caused by the earthquake which occurred in the countrys Sichuan Province today in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Dr Reuben Abati. The statement rsaid On behalf of himself, the Federal ...

The country's nuclear power plant is built near tectonic plates, and reports show it may not be safe in the eventof a major seismic event. On April 16, a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit southeast Iran, sending tremors across the region and causing casualties that are expected to reach into the hundreds.According to an Iranian official, it ...

Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour has offered his condolences to the Iranian government and nation over the recent earthquake that hit the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan. Mansour expressed his deep condolences over the quake in a message to Irans Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Thursday. According to the Iranian ...

After a major earthquake on April 16 that damaged hundreds of homes and killed at least 41 people, Iranian authorities have not issued a statement about accepting international aid on their territory. Turkish officials from the Prime Ministrys Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) told theHrriyet Daily Newsthat they had told Iranian ...

Hundreds of Pakistani soldiers deployed for relief effort as official says morethan 3,000 homes were destroyed and 19,000 are without shelter Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in south-westernPakistanfollowing a deadly earthquake in neighbouringIrantoppled scores of mud brick homes and killed at least 36 people, officials said ...

[caption id="attachment_25112" align="alignright" width="300"] A photo showing damages sustained in Irans southeastern city of Saravan following an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale, April 16, 2013[/caption] Leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has expressed his condolences over the recent earthquake that jolted Irans southeastern ...

Iran news headlines on Wednesday include Iran releasing new naval cruise missile in near future;Iranian Oil Minister remarks over improbabilityof fall ofcrude pricesbelow USD 100 a barrel; Iran reports onquake casualty; Israeli PM statements on ineffectiveness of Iran sanctions; Iranwell blowout at an Iranian onshore oilfield andU.S. Senate committee ...

MOSCOW, April 17 Russia is ready to offer assistance to Iran over quake aftermath, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Putin extended condolences to his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the loss of lives caused by a powerful earthquake on Tuesday, the Kremlin press service said. Russia shares the pain and the grief of those who ...

AFP -A huge earthquake that struck Iran's rural southeast region killed one woman and injured more than two dozen other people, media reports Wednesday cited officials as saying. "A woman was killed by a mountain landslide following the quake," Alireza Shahraki, governor of Khash city, was quoted by ISNA news agency as saying. According to other ...

Turkish foreign minister Davutoglu said Turkey would help Iran if asked Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Turkey would help its neighbor and friend Iran if it needed any relief after the earthquake. An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale hit Iran's Zahedan city on Tuesday. The earthquake took place at 15.14 hours local ...

WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday offered condolences to the Pakistani victims of the deadly earthquake that jolted the Iran-Pakistan border region, and said it was ready to provide humanitarian aid to them. We have seen the reports of the earthquake near Khashkhail on the Iran-Pakistan border, and we're monitoring the situation. We offer ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday offered condolences to the families of those who were killed in Tuesdays earthquake in southeastern Iran and western Pakistan. The United States sends our deepest condolences for those lost in the earthquake in southeastern Iran and western Pakistan today. Our thoughts are with the families of those who ...

MOSCOW, April 17 (RIA Novosti) An aftershock was registered early on Wednesday on the Iran-Pakistan border, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed at least 40 in the same area. The magnitude of Wednesday's quake was 5.7, the US Geological Survey reported on Wednesday. Its epicenter was located some 202 kilometers (125 miles) from the Iranian ...

(Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck a border area of southeast Iran on Tuesday killing at least 35 people in neighboring Pakistan, destroying hundreds of houses and shaking buildings as far away as India and Gulf Arab states. Communications with the sparsely-populated desert and mountain region were largely cut off, making it difficult to assess ...

(Reuters) - The number of deaths in a powerful earthquake that hitIranon Tuesday was "not high", an Iranian lawmaker from the region told the Mehr news agency. "From what we have heard from people in the stricken areas, we have learned that the number of deaths is not high," Hamid Reza Pashang said. "I have talked to the people of Zabul, Saravan,...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A major earthquake flattened homes and offices on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, rattling buildings as far away as New Delhi and Dubai. Iranian state media said at least 46 people died, but later Iranian reports offered a far milder picture. The discrepancies and apparent backtracking in the Iranian reports ...

Iran news headlines on Tuesday include7.8 magnitudequakestrike near Iran-Pakistan border; Iran test-firing land-to-sea ballistic missile in PG;IDF Chief of Staff remarks over Israel capability in striking Iran on its own; Iran president visitinguranium-producing Niger and Iran oil minister statements onTehran Oil Show as a sign of failure of international ...