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Two dead, 255 injured in Iran earthquake

Tehran : A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early  yesterday, killing two people and injuring more than 250, officials said.

The shallow quake hit 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah province, the US Geological Survey said, near the site of a powerful quake last year that killed hundreds.