TEHRAN, February 23 (Online): Death toll in Iran earthquake climbed to almost 500, injuring over thousands of people and destroying villages, a local official told. The quake, which measured 6.4 on the Richter scale, was centered on the town of Zarand in Kerman province, about 440 miles southeast of Tehran.
"Figures we have show that in the early hours more than 1,000 were injured and almost 500 killed," said Ali Komsari, a spokesman for the Kerman provincial governor's office.
"We are expecting the death toll to rise," Ali Sharifi, head of Kerman's medical university, told state radio.
The Interior Ministry said at least 950 people were injured in the quake, which struck near Zarand, a city of about 135,000 people in Kerman province, CNN reported.
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