ANKARA (Reuters) - At least 61 people were killed and 300 were injured in border areas of Iran when an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck neighbouring Iraq on Sunday, Iranian state television reported.
It also quoted the head of the country's emergency services, Pirhossein Koulivand, as saying that many of the victims were in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab, about 15 km (10 miles) from the border.
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