No Armenians found among Iran quake victimsAugust 13, 2012 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - No Armenians have been found among the victims of August 11 disastrous earthquakes in Iran, representative of RA embassy in Tehran said. As he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the Armenian community didn’t suffer material losses, either, with interior of several Armenian churches damaged only. Iran has raised the death toll from Saturday's (Aug. 11) twin earthquakes to 306, a day after rescuers called off the search for survivors. Heath Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi told a session of parliament that the number jumped by about 50 after victims died in hospital. More than 3,000 people were injured in the earthquakes. Scores of aftershocks have hit Iran's mountainous north-east since the 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude quakes hit the region, where some 300,000 people live near the borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |