Officials Put Quake Death Toll at 602
From Times Wire Reports
An Iranian official said the powerful earthquake that struck the southeast of the country this week killed 602 people. Gov. Mohammed Ali Karimi said authorities did not expect to find many more bodies under the rubble.
Tuesday’s magnitude 6.4 temblor was centered on the town of Zarand, about 450 miles southeast of Tehran. It leveled several remote villages.
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