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Iranian government has not accepted Turkey’s assistance to the earthquake victims, Xinhua agency reported referring to ISNA.

The rescue aid from Turkey was sent to Iran without coordination with the government. Previously Iran said it would not accept international assistance, thus Turkey’s rescue aid was returned.

Earlier ISNA agency said the first consignment of humanitarian aid was sent by Azerbaijan.

On Monday Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations offered its assistance to the Iranian government.

“The Iranian side thanked Armenia for the offer stating they do not need assistance at the moment,” the Ministry representative said.

As  Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, four quakes measured 6.2 to 6.6 jolted Iran’s north-west near the Armenian border on Saturday

The quakes were also followed by aftershocks measured 4.1 to 4.8 on the Richter scale. The tremors were felt also in the cities of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. A 4.5 magnitude tremor was registered in Armenia’s south and 3-4 magnitude in capital Yerevan. The quake caused panic and made people leave their houses in southern Armenia. No casualties and destruction in the territory of Armenia was reported.

The quake killed 306 and injured over 3,000 people in East Azerbaijan province. 

 

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