UK extends condolences over fatal quake in western Iran

'So sad to hear of the terrible earthquake in Kermanshah last night. My condolences to the families of those killed and sympathy to all the affected,' Nicholas Hopton said in a Twitter message released on Monday.

The 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Kermanshah Province, western Iran has so far claimed the lives of 341 people and injured 5,953 more.

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