Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Sunday, Mojtaba Khaledi said the tremor occurred at 14:24 local time (10:54 GMT) at the depth of 10 km underground, according to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University.
In the wake of the accident, 5 assessing teams from the Emergency department were dispatched to the site, he added.
He went on to say that a 17-year-old girl was injured while escaping.
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