GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mixed reports are surfacing of Iran’s efforts to deliver help to the relatively isolated area in the country’s northwest, not far from the city of Tabriz, with official English language media saying rescue efforts have ended, while witnesses have told other media they are waiting for help. Two major earthquakes and some 60 aftershocks killed at least 300 people and left 5,000 injured, according to Iranian official media. The US Geological Survey measured the quakes Saturday 11 August at 6.4 and 6.3.
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