Earthquake jolts Iran; one killed

TEHRAN

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted north-western Iran on Monday.

The Geophysics Institute Seismology center at Tehran University said the tremor was registered at 09:16 local time in Parsabad in the north-western Ardabil province.

One person was reportedly killed and two others were injured in the quake, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency.

( Reporting by Mustafa Melih Ahishali; Writing by Ahmet Sait Akçay )