China-Indonesia Speakers Condole Larijani On Quake-Victims

Tehran, Aug 27, IRNA – Chinese and Indonesian parliament speakers in separate messages to their Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani condoled the victims of the earthquake in northwestern Iran. According to Majlis’ News and Mass Media Bureau, Wu Bangguo and Mazruqi Ali also sympathized with the survivors of the victims afflicted by earthquake. Twin earthquakes in Ahar, Varzqan nad Heris killed 300 people and wounded 2,000. The first of the earthquakes registered a strong 6.4 on the Richter scale, according to Tehran University. The second, almost as strong at 6.3 on the scale, rumbled through just 11 minutes later. While the biggest city in the region, Tabriz, and nearby towns escaped with only relatively minor damage, scores of outlying villages made of more flimsy adobe and concrete bricks were decimated./end