The 7.3-magnitude earthquake that shook western Iran late Sunday night, November 12, 2017, has left at least 450 people dead, 7100 injured and over 70,000 people homeless in Kermanshah Province including in Qasr-e Shirin, Islamabad, Sarpol-e , Salas Babajani and . More than 500 villages have suffered damages in the earthquake which has been described as the world’s deadliest so far this year.
Water and power are out and hospitals do not have enough resources and facilities.
Some 240 of the dead are from Sarpol-e Zahab. The town has only one hospital which has been demolished with all patients and hospital staff buried under the rubble.
Eyewitnesses have described the situation as “disorganized.” There is not enough food, nor fuel and electricity is cut off. Many families have not been sheltered and there is fear that freezing cold could take more lives.
In fear of public fury and outrage, the clerical regime has been trying to conceal the true dimensions of damages and casualties.
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