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An earthquake in Iran has killed at least six people near the border with Afghanistan, state TV said today.

Iran has appealed for foreign help to deal with the aftermath of the deadly twin earthquakes that hit it last weekend after initially claiming it was not needed.

Iran has raised the death toll from Saturday’s twin earthquakes to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors.

Rescuers ended the search today for survivors of twin earthquakes in north-western Iran that killed at least 250 people and injured more than 2,600 a day earlier, state television reported.

MILLIONS of people in Europe, the Middle East and Asia are at risk from deadly tremors which can strike out of the blue in unmapped earthquake zones, scientists have warned.

A strong earthquake rattled south-eastern Iran, leaving a number of buildings damaged.

A strong earthquake rattled south-eastern Iran tonight, leaving a number of buildings damaged.

About 100 people were injured in a 4.9-magnitude earthquake which stuck western Iran today, state television reported.

Three people were killed when a 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook the remote north-east of Iran overnight, state TV reported today.

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s southern provinces of Fars and Hormuzdan, state television reported last night.

A SENIOR Iranian cleric has claimed that women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.

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Italy and Russia sent planeloads of tents, blankets and other supplies to help 21,000 Iranian families left homeless by three strong earthquakes that hit in quick succession, killing 70 people.

Three strong earthquakes and several aftershocks jolted western Iran overnight, killing at least 66 people and injuring about 1,200 others, state television reported today.

Rescuers searching the devastation caused by the Iran earthquake expect the death toll to rise further.

A senior provincial official has said the death toll from the Iranian earthquake has risen to 500.

CRISS-CROSSED by many major fault lines, Iran is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries.

A POWERFUL earthquake hit a mountainous region of south-east Iran yesterday, killing at least 420 people, injuring hundreds and destroying villages, officials said.

Survivors frantically searched for loved ones in sub zero temperatures tonight after a powerful earthquake flattened villages in the mountains of central Iran, killing at least 420 people and injuring more than 900.

The death toll in today's powerful earthquake in central Iran has risen to at least 370, with more than 1,000 injured.

A massive earthquake shook central Iran today, killing at least 80 people and injuring more than 300.

THE 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia was the world’s fifth most powerful since 1900 and the strongest since a 9.2 quake slammed Alaska 40 years ago, US earthquake experts said.

The Government pledged today to donate up to €1m to help the survivors of the devastating tidal wave which swept across southern Asia.

A GASOLINE truck exploded after smashing into a bus in southeast Iran late on Thursday, killing 90 people and injuring more than 100 yesterday.

More than 70 people were killed when a petrol tanker crashed into public buses in south east Iran, state television reported today.

THE Chief Fire Officers' Association has written to the Department of Environment warning that the country's fire service is incapable of dealing with a major terrorist attack.

Iran has substantially lowered the death toll in the earthquake that devastated the southeastern city of Bam last year, cutting the fatalities by more than a third.

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A 57-YEAR-OLD man who survived 13 days under the rubble of a devastating earthquake died yesterday in a field hospital in Bam, his doctor said.

A 57-year-old man was pulled from rubble left by the Bam earthquake, barely conscious but still alive.

A 57-year-old man has been pulled from the rubble of Iran’s earthquake, barely conscious but still alive because he had a source of water during the 13 days he was buried.

The Irish aid agency Trócaire has allocated an extra €50,000 to help the survivors of last month’s devastating earthquake in Iran.

Three Fianna Fáil MEPs are to travel to Iran this week to discuss how the European Union will help in the aftermath the earthquake in Bam.

Irish aid agency Trócaire is appealing to members of the public to make a donation to the fund for the victims of the recent Iran earthquake.

Opponents of the Iranian government clashed with mourners at a service for victims of the Bam earthquake.

IRAN yesterday accused US President George W Bush of using Washington’s aid to earthquake victims as a clumsy attempt to create divisions in Iran and meddle in its affairs.

Iran today accused US President George Bush of using Washington’s aid to earthquake victims as a clumsy attempt to create divisions in Iran and meddle in its affairs.

Relief experts from Irish aid agency Concern have been carrying out assessments of the situation on the ground at the site of last week's earthquake in Iran.

RESCUE workers pulled three more survivors from the rubble of Bam’s devastating earthquake yesterday — including a man saved from a flattened house — as relief crews restored some electricity and rushed more aid into the ruined ancient city.

The Irish Red Cross is thanking the Irish Public for their generous donations following last week's earthquake in Iran.

Rescue workers pulled three more survivors from the rubble of Bam’s devastating earthquake – including a man saved today from a flattened house – as relief crews restored some electricity and rushed more aid into the ruined ancient city.

A man was pulled alive from the rubble of Iran’s devastating earthquake today as relief workers restored some electricity and rushed more aid into the ruined ancient city of Bam.

Iran’s orphanages are rapidly filling as aid workers sort the living from the dead, just five days after the devastating earthquake that killed tens of thousands.

SURVIVORS of the devastating earthquake in Bam in southeast Iran spent another night in the freezing cold as relief, including an 80-strong US team, continued to flood in.

Survivors of Iran’s earthquake scavenged the rubble for their battered belongings and desperately jostled for aid handouts as the death toll rose to 28,000, with even more feared dead.

SOME 50,000 people may have died in Friday's Iranian earthquake, officials said yesterday, as relief workers pleaded for more aid for survivors of one of the deadliest natural disasters of modern times.

There are fears now that up to 50,000 people may have been killed in the devatstating earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam.