Two killed, hundreds hurt as fresh quake jolts Iran

TEHERAN - A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early on Sunday, killing two people and injuring hundreds, officials said.

The shallow quake hit 26 kilometers 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.

The head of the emergency department at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Saeb Sharidari, told state news agency IRNA that two people were killed and 241 injured, six critically.