Iran Ends Rescue Operations, Battles to Shelter Quake Survivors

Iran Ends Rescue Operations, Battles to Shelter Quake Survivors
A man reacts following an earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
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ANKARA—Iran said on Tuesday, Nov. 14, that rescue operations have ended in areas hit by a powerful weekend earthquake that killed at least 450 people and injured thousands of others, state television reported.

“The rescue operations in the (western) Kermanshah province have ended,” Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Services, said on state TV.