Deadly quake hits Iran & Iraq: 400+ killed, over 6,700 injured

The death toll from the earthquake in western Iran has jumped to 407 people, with over 6,700 others injured, Iranian Press TV reports.

Iran now says that 328 have died in the earthquake, local news agencies and state TV report, citing the National Disaster Management Organization.

New data provided by Tasnim now indicates that at least 211 people have been killed and over 2,500 injured in the earthquake in Iran, according to officials from Kermanshah province.

The death toll from the quake in Iran has risen to 164, with over 1,600 injured, Tasnim News Agency reports, citing Behnam Saeedi, a spokesman from the Iranian Disaster Management Organization.

People in quake-affected areas must refrain from entering damaged buildings, Iranian authorities have warned.

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, conveyed his condolences to the Iranian people, assuring that all civilian and military organization are helping with the rescue effort, ISNA reported.

The deputy governor of Kermanshah province said his region faces a "shortage of physicians," saying, that those who needed surgery will have to be transferred to the regional capital, ILNA reported.

Three days of general mourning has been announced in Iran's Kermanshah province.