November 14, 2017 8:10 AM

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Death toll in earthquake on Iran-Iraq border mounts to 450

Iran says rescue operations have ended in areas hit by a powerful earthquake on Sunday that killed at least 450 people and injured thousands of others. <br/><br/>Head of Iran's Emergency Medical Services said, the rescue operations in Kermanshah province in the Zagros Mountains that divide Iran and Iraq borders has ended. <br/><br/>State television reported that thousands were huddling in makeshift camps while many others spent a second night in the open for fear of more tremors to come after some 193 aftershocks.<br/><br/>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to tour earthquake-damaged areas on Tuesday.

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