A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early yesterday, killing two people and injuring more than 250, officials said.
One person died of a heart attack and at least 56 people were slightly hurt when an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude shook an area 50 km (31 miles) west of the Iranian capital Tehran, the state news agency IRNA reports.
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early yesterday, killing two people and injuring more than 250, officials said.
One person died of a heart attack and at least 56 people were slightly hurt when an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude shook an area 50 km (31 miles) west of the Iranian capital Tehran, the state news agency IRNA reports.