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	CNN.com - Iran quake toll reaches 400 - Feb 22, 2005
		The governor of Zarand said his city was not heavily damaged.
		Kari Egge, a UNICEF representative in Iran, said the rain had stopped, however, and a bright sun was warming the area during daylight hours.
		Zarand is about 125 miles (201 kilometers) from Bam, where a 6.6 magnitude quake in December 2003 killed at least 26,000 people and injured another 30,000.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/02/22/iran.quake/index.html (705 words)

	Powerful Earthquake Strikes Iran, Hundreds Dead \| LiveScience
		The quake's epicenter was on the outskirts of Zarand, a town 35 miles northwest of Kerman, the capital of Kerman province, said the seismological unit of Tehran University's Geophysics Institute.
		Zarand, 600 miles southeast of the capital Tehran, is a small town in Kerman Province with a population of about 15,000 people.
		Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes.
	www.livescience.com /environment/ap_050222_quake_iran.html (790 words)

	2005 Zarand earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The region of Zarand is close to an active fault, known as the Kuhbanan fault [5] in the north east of the city.
		Zarand has been hit by several quakes in the last 70 years, with the oldest recorded one going back to 1933.
		On December 26, 2003, another devastating earthquake happened in Bam, 200km southwest of Zarand, which is in the same province.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_Zarand_earthquake (430 words)

	Iran News - Two quakes hit Iran's city, Zarand in 20 minutes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first tremor was felt in a district near Zarand, located in 30.82 degree latitude and 56.68 degree longitude while the second one was recorded at 30.88 degree latitude and 56.65 longitude.
		Zarand was hit by a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake on February 22, 2005, which claimed over 600 lives and leveled some 20 villages.
		Iran is situated in one of the world's most active seismic fault lines and quakes of varying magnitudes are of usual occurrence.
	iranmania.com /News/ArticleView?NewsCode=31920&NewsKind=Current+Affairs (435 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Iran Quake Survivors Complain of Slow Aid Effort
		ZARAND, Iran - Tired and cold survivors of a powerful earthquake in southeastern Iran begged authorities for food and shelter on Wednesday, complaining aid was slow to reach the worst-hit mountain villages.
		Iran has so far declined offers of foreign assistance to deal with the aftermath of Tuesday's tremor which had a magnitude of 6.4 and killed at least 420 people.
		Hardest hit were about a dozen villages to the north of the town of Zarand, where fragile one-storey homes collapsed into piles of mud and broken tiles.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/5-2-23/26610.html (529 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Two Rescued from Iran Rubble, Survivors Angry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ZARAND, Iran (Reuters) - Rescuers pulled two women alive from the rubble of a mountain village in southeastern Iran on Wednesday, but they also uncovered dozens of corpses as the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake headed toward 550.
		Thousands of survivors of the magnitude 6.4 quake, many angry at the slow pace of relief efforts, faced another bleak night on freezing and rain-soaked slopes amid the mud and rubble that used to be their homes.
		Iran's government, which initially said it could cope without foreign assistance, changed tack and said it would take help from abroad.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/23/iran_quake_survivors_complain_of_slow_aid_effort_1109142738 (693 words)

	ABC News: Report: Earthquake in Iran Kills 175 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 5:55 a.m., was on the outskirts of Zarand, a town 35 miles northwest of Kerman, the capital of Kerman province, the seismological base of Tehran University's Geophysics Institute.
		Zarand, 600 miles southeast of the capital Tehran, is a small town in Kerman Province with a population of about 15,000 people.
		Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=520480 (459 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Zarand (Iran), Feb. 22 (Reuters): A powerful earthquake hit a mountainous region of southeast Iran today, killing almost 400 people, injuring hundreds and destroying villages, officials said.
		The tremor, with a magnitude of 6.4, was centred on the town of Zarand, about 700 km southeast of Tehran and just 250 km from Bam, devastated by an earthquake that killed 31,000 people just over a year ago.
		Iran is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050223/asp/foreign/story_4413071.asp (460 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| 270 killed in earthquake in Iran
		The quake, which measured 6.4 on the Richter scale, was centred on the town of Zarand in Kerman province, about 440 miles south-east of Tehran.
		The head of Kerman's natural disaster headquarters, Mohsen Salehi, was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying destruction in five villages was between 20% and 70%.
		Criss-crossed by several major fault lines, Iran - Opec's second largest oil producer - is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, natural disaster experts say.
	www.guardian.co.uk /iran/story/0,12858,1419964,00.html (471 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Have Your Say \| Iran earthquake: Your reaction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Iran has survived many catastrophes such as wars and natural disasters throughout her history and I am sure, Iran will come out of this one and will survive and stand tall with help of her people and all those who have got to know Iranians and Iran.
		Iran, and the US should stop butting heads and do what is necessary to help the people involved, not their own political agendas.
		Iran is set up in the worst area as far as seismologists are concerned as the country is comprised of three plates that are rubbing against each other....no wonder there are "at least one minor earth quake in Iran daily" I don't find that strange in the least.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/1.0/-/2/hi/talking_point/4287815.stm (3271 words)

	The New York Times > International > Middle East > Powerful Quake Kills at Least 420 in Iran
		The epicenter of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake was the town of Zarand, 35 miles northwest of Kerman, the provincial capital, in central Iran.
		The roof of the bazaar in the city of Zarand, which dated to late 19th century, has collapsed, the ISNA news agency reported, and cracks were visible on the roof of the grand bazaar in the city of Kerman.
		Iran is located on seismic fault lines, and the simple construction of mud-brick houses in villages and small towns is a factor in earthquake casualty tolls here.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/02/22/international/middleeast/22cnd-iran.html?ex=1266814800&en=c972ce4e29a55ea7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (911 words)

	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ZARAND (Iran) — At least 420 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck Iran before dawn yesterday, leaving weeping villagers to claw through the rubble of their mud-brick homes in search of missing family and friends.
		But hospitals in Zarand, even if overwhelmed by the number of injured, were not damaged and local infrastructure remained intact, he said.
		Iran sits astride several major faults in the earth’s crust, and is prone to violent earthquakes which killed some 170,000 people in about 20 quakes during the 20th century.
	www.timesofoman.com /print.asp?newsid=11216 (718 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Zarand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Zarand is a town in the Kerman_province (additional info and facts about Kerman_province) of Iran (A theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil; involved in state-sponsored terrorism).
		With a population of about 15,000 people, it is located about 55 km northwest of the provincial capital of Kerman (additional info and facts about Kerman).
		On February 22, 2005, a major earthquake (Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity) killed hundreds of residents in the town of Zarand and several nearby villages in north Kerman.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/z/za/zarand.htm (130 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Iran Quake Survivors Complain of Slow Aid Effort
		ZARAND, Iran - Tired and cold survivors of a powerful earthquake in southeastern Iran begged authorities for food and shelter on Wednesday, complaining aid was slow to reach the worst-hit mountain villages.
		Iran has so far declined offers of foreign assistance to deal with the aftermath of Tuesday's tremor which had a magnitude of 6.4 and killed at least 420 people.
		Hardest hit were about a dozen villages to the north of the town of Zarand, where fragile one-storey homes collapsed into piles of mud and broken tiles.
	en.epochtimes.com /news/5-2-23/26610.html (529 words)

	News-Star OnlineEarthquake flattens villages in Iran 02/23/05
		A woman cries as she sits with a child following the earthquake in Dahoueieh on the outskirts of Zarand, a town northwest of Kerman, Iran, on Tuesday A powerful earthquake shook central Iran on Tuesday, destroying villages, killing at least several hundred people and injuring more than 1,000, state-run television reported.
		SARBAGH, Iran (AP) -- Under a cold, driving rain, survivors wailed over the bodies of the dead and dug through the ruins of mud-brick houses searching for their loved ones after a powerful earthquake flattened villages in central Iran on Tuesday, killing at least 420 people.
		The quake was centered on the outskirts of Zarand, a town of 15,000 people in Kerman province about 600 miles southeast of Tehran, Iran's geological authority said.
	www.news-star.com /stories/022305/New_32.shtml (850 words)

	2 women found alive in Iran quake rubble \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		ZARAND, Iran - Rescuers pulled two women alive from the rubble of a mountain village in southeastern Iran on Wednesday, but they also uncovered dozens of corpses as the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake headed towards 550.
		Thousands of survivors of the magnitude-6.4 quake, many angry at the slow pace of relief efforts, faced another bleak night on freezing and rain-soaked slopes amid the mud and rubble that used to be their homes.
		Iran's government, which initially said it could cope without foreign assistance, changed tack and said it would take help from abroad.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/62818 (381 words)

	Earthquake Near Zarand, Iran
		For eleven seconds on Tuesday morning February 22, 2005, the ground shook in southern Iran as a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattled the mountainous area near the town of Zarand.
		However, in the central-east portion of Iran, the pressure is released at numerous “strike-slip” faults, places where the plates grind past each other in a sideways motion, rather than over or under each other.
		The town of Zarand is located along one of several northwest-southeast slip faults in the region north of the town of Kerman.
	www.parstimes.com /spaceimages/zarand_quake.html (413 words)

	Survivors found as death toll grows
		ZARAND, Iran: Rescuers pulled two young women alive from the rubble of their remote mountain village in southeastern Iran yesterday, more than 24 hours after a powerful earthquake struck, killing at least 459 people.
		Hampered by fog, snow and badly damaged roads, locals and soldiers used their bare hands and shovels to remove the mounds of mud and debris in a frantic search for survivors.
		Hardest hit were about a dozen villages to the north of the town of Zarand, 700 kilometres from Teheran, where fragile one-storey homes collapsed into piles of mud and broken tiles.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-02/24/content_418901.htm (344 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Scared Iran Quake Survivors Spend Night in the Cold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ZARAND, Iran (Reuters) - Frightened of aftershocks and shivering from cold, thousands of Iranians spent the night in tents and temporary shelters after a powerful earthquake struck southeast Iran, killing at least 420 people.
		Tuesday's quake, with a magnitude of 6.4, flattened several villages near the town of Zarand, 440 miles southeast of Tehran, reviving painful memories of the tremor that leveled the nearby city of Bam 14 months ago, killing 31,000 people.
		But Iran has so far said it does not need foreign assistance and local officials said thousands of tents and tonnes of blankets and food have been distributed.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/22/strong_quake_rocks_se_iran_almost_400_dead_1109071269?mode=PF (594 words)

	Iran Daily
		Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police (IRIP) Brigadier Morteza Talaie also told IRNA on Monday that every day in Tehran the theft of 15 cars and 12-15 motorcycles are stolen, burglary of 15-20 houses and 100-150 shops and 10-15 pick-pocketing are reported to the police.
		Iran, Afghanistan’s western neighbor, still hosts millions of Afghan refugees from two and a half decades of war despite efforts to repatriate them after the fall of the Taliban in late 2001.
		Meanwhile, 140 aftershocks have hit the quake-hit town of Zarand since a major earthquake shook the town on February 22.
	www.iran-daily.com /1383/2225/html/national.htm (1914 words)

	The New York Times > International > Middle East > Strong Quake In Central Iran Levels Towns; Hundreds Die
		The quake, with a magnitude of 6.4, was centered on Zarand, a town 35 miles northwest of the city of Kerman.
		Governor Karimi said in a telephone interview from Zarand that rescue workers had reached most of the affected villages but that stormy weather and avalanches set off by the earthquake had cut access to five villages in the mountains.
		Iran is situated on seismic fault lines, and the mud-brick construction of houses in villages and small towns contributes to the high number of deaths.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/02/23/international/middleeast/23iran.html?ex=1266901200&en=c71fc26e63691715&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&pagewanted=all (900 words)

	washingtonpost.com: 2 Women Saved From Iran Rubble
		ZARAND, Iran, Feb. 23 -- Rescuers pulled two women alive from the rubble of a mountain village Wednesday in southeastern Iran, but they also uncovered dozens of corpses as the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake headed toward 550.
		Thousands of survivors of the quake, which had a magnitude of 6.4, faced another bleak night on freezing and rain-soaked slopes amid the mud and rubble, which was all that remained of their homes.
		Iran's government, which initially said it could cope without foreign assistance, now says it would welcome help from abroad.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A48393-2005Feb23?language=printer (390 words)

	UNICEF - At a glance: Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Relief efforts continue for survivors of Iran quake
		ZARAND, Iran, 23 February 2005 - A powerful earthquake - measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale - struck the south-eastern Iranian town of Zarand early Tuesday morning.
		At least thirteen villages around Zarand, in south-eastern Iran, were hit by the quake.
		UNICEF Iran Emergency Coordinator, Steven Lauwerier, describes what he saw in the aftermath of the Zarand earthquake.
	www.unicef.org /infobycountry/iran_25253.html (506 words)

	Iran’s quake-hit villagers protest against poor relief - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Angry villagers hit, by a powerful earthquake in southeastern Iran, blocked roads on Thursday in protest against the delay in receiving aid after spending the night in freezing cold and rain.
		At least 420 people were killed in the earthquake that struck the remote mountainous region of Iran before dawn on Wednesday, turning their mud-brick homes and villages, to rubble.
		In the Zarand area of Kerman province, near the epicentre of the quake, which measured 6.4 on the richter scale, villagers were forced to spend the night outdoors without shelter.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/feb242005/f2.asp (455 words)

	At least 420 dead as quake hits remote Iran villages
		At least 420 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck Iran before dawn Tuesday, leaving weeping villagers to claw through the rubble of their mud-brick homes in search of missing family and friends.
		But hospitals in Zarand, even if overwhelmed by the number of injured, were not damaged and local infrastructure remained intact, he said.
		Iran sits astride several major faults in the earth's crust, and is prone to violent earthquakes which killed some 170,000 people in about 20 quakes during the 20th century.
	www.terradaily.com /2005/050222180935.ppvn6cfv.html (847 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Gallery \| 23.02.05: Earthquake in Iran
		In the village of Hotkan, around 25 miles outside Zarand, officers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard pull a body from rubble left when an earthquake struck the mountainous south-eastern Iranian region on Tuesday.
		A woman walks in front of a house on the outskirts of Zarand, a town in Kerman province, around 440 miles south-east of Tehran.
		Veiled women walk in a cemetery as relatives dig a grave for victims of the quake in Khanuk, a village on the outskirts of Zarand.
	www.guardian.co.uk /gall/0,8542,1420235,00.html (193 words)

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