TEHRAN Balenciaga S Low Top Grigie Rosse Blu Italia , Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday travelled to Iran's western Kermanshah province to inspect the damage and rescue operations in the regions hit by a deadly earthquake on Sunday night, state TV reported.
Rouhani extended condolences to the families of victims of the huge earthquake that claimed the lives of hundreds and injured thousands.
He said that the government will take all efforts to solve the problems in the region in the shortest possible time and will help the affected people rebuild their dwellings.
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The Sunday night quake's epicenter, measuring 7.3 magnitude on the Richter scale, was located approximately 32 km south of the city of Halabja in a remote mountainous region of eastern Iraq, some 200 km north-east of Baghdad and 400 km west of Tehran, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
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So far, over 230 after-shakes varied from 4.5 to 6.1 magnitude have hit the region.
The preliminary estimated loss caused by the recent strong quake in Iran stood around 450 million U.S. dollars, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.
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Some 11,000 residential buildings in the rural areas plus 5,000 residential buildings in urban areas have been ruined, Nik-Kerdar said.
Immense restoration of damaged structures should start immediately, Nik-Kerdar added.
During Rouhani's visit to the quake-stricken areas in Kermanshah province on Tuesday, the president pledged to allocate sizeable fund for the reconstruction of the buildings.
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"The earthquake has done no harm to the oilfield's installations and there is no reason for worry," Keyvan Yarahmadi, an official with the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company, was quoted as saying.
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"Petrochemical complexes in Ilam, Kermanshah, Mahabad and Kurdestan are up and running," Bosaqzadeh said.
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According to the latest figures Nike Shox TLX Donna Rosa Nere Italia , about 445 people have lost their lives and over 7,800 others sustained injuries in the tremor.
Along with the officials, Iranian people have also mobilized in response to the natural disaster to donate blood and prepare aid packages.
The rescue and relief operations to help people affected by a massive earthquake is nearing completion, Tasnim quoted head of the country's Emergency Medical Service as saying.
Messages of the condolences and help offers continue to pour in from around the world.
CAIRO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry called for a peaceful settlement in the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, state-run MENA news agency reported.
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He said that Egypt hopes the crisis of Kirkuk will be peacefully settled.
During the call, al-Jaafari thanked Shoukry over Egypt's interest in following up the current developments in Iraq and its keenness on Iraq's unity and stability.
He further said the Iraqi army avoids exposing to danger the lives of Iraqi people during the operation of retaking the oil-rich city.
On Monday, Shoukry urged in a statement the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government to exercise self-restraint and not to further escalate tensions.
Disagreements between Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government have been running high for years. The ethnic Kurds consider the northern Kirkuk province and parts of Nineveh, Diyala and Salahudin provinces as disputed areas and want them to be incorporated into their region, a move fiercely opposed by the Arabs and the central government in Baghdad.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces on Monday ordered government forces to enter the oil-rich Kirkuk province to regain control of the ethnically-mixed disputed areas.
Iraqi security forces then fully recaptured the city and took control of the government building after the Kurdish forces withdrew from the city.
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