Two people on Tuesday were pulled alive from the rubble of weekend quakes the destroyed villages in Iran’s northwest, state media reported — days after officials called a halt to rescue operations. The two were plucked from the smashed remains of their home after being detected by search dogs, IRIB state television and the official IRNA news agency reported, citing regional emergency service workers. IRNA said the pair, both in good health, were saved in a village near the town of Varzaqan, northeast of the city of Tabriz. The hamlet was one of hundreds decimated by Saturday’s twin quakes measuring 6.4 and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale that killed 306 people and injured 3,000 others, according to an official toll.
