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West Iran Earthquake raised casualties, US offers Aid MIL/Agencies, Apr 1, 2006. Garaj, Iran, April 1 - A strong earthquake that hit Western Iran on Friday has killed more than 80 people and injured about 1400 in an area around the cities of Doroud and Boroujerd in the province of Lorestan, as per Ali Barani, head of the provincial emergency team for disasters. He said that the casualties were tentative. Barani said 330 villages in the area were severely damaged but the death toll was unlikely to rise much further. "If there are any changes, it will be very few," he said by phone from Lorestan. Most of the survivors were dug out alive from the rubble of buildings. In the worst hit areas, brick buildings collapsed into piles of masonry and mud homes were reduced to mounds of dust, according to team for disasters. Hospitals were full in Doroud and Boroujerd, state radio reported. Lorestan Governor-General Mohammad Reza Mohseni-Sani appealed for aid from neighbouring areas. As per Reuters, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered emergency relief sent to the quake zone, IRNA said. It included sniffer dogs to search for survivors and two helicopters, state television said. The United States, which has had no diplomatic ties with Iran since U.S. diplomats were held hostage in Tehran after the 1979 Islamic revolution, also offered humanitarian assistance. "I do want to offer my country's assistance to the people affected by the recent earthquakes in Iran," U.S. President George W. Bush told a news conference during a visit to Mexico. "We obviously have our differences with the Iranian government but we do care about the suffering of Iranian people," Bush said.
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