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Iran-Iraq quake: 'A sudden wave of death' by Shereena Qazi & Alireza Abbaszadeh an hour ago Rescue workers in western Iran struggled to find survivors in a frantic search for those trapped under the rubble after a powerful earthquake struck the Iraq -Iran border region. More than 400 people have been killed in Iran and Iraq and 7,000 injured when the earthquake of magnitude 7.3 hit both countries late on Sunday causing the most damage in Kermanshah province, a rural mountainous region in Iran. The Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran deployed staff and volunteers to assist in rescue-and-relief operations, but they said "chances of survival are slim" for those buried in the ruins. "It is total chaos here, most homes are destroyed in Kermanshah and people are stuck under bricks and debris after the earthquake," Ali Sadeghi, a volunteer from the Red Crescent Society, told Al Jazeera. "Along with us, famili...