Iran-Iraq quake death toll passes 300

At least 402 people have died after the deadliest earthquake of 2017 struck the border region between Iraq and Iran late Sunday. Iran’s state-run media Press TV reported the sharp rise in the death toll Monday adding that 6,650 people were injured in the quake, which was felt as far away as Turkey and Pakistan. Some 145 aftershocks were reported, according to state-run network IRINN. Monday’s death toll has overtaken September’s Mexico City earthquake in which 369 people lost their lives.