Ed Driscoll

STRONG EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN: Quake

STRONG EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN: Quake deaths could reach ten thousand.

UPDATE: Reuters is reporting twenty thousand killed.

ANOTHER UPDATE (Via InstaPundit): Jeff Jarvis has a round-up of additional links. Jarvis writes, “To all my newfound Iranian blogging friends: I hope you and your families are safe and secure”.

Amen.

TINFOIL HAT UPDATE: This is just pathetic–but not all that surprising. But hey, the truth is out there!

TINFOIL TURBAN UPDATE: “The Islamic Republic of Iran accepts all kinds of humanitarian aid from all countries and international organizations with the exception of the Zionist regime (Israel).”–Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, Iranian Interior Ministry spokesman.