Iran's Interior Minister said this morning: "We've already buried 15 thousand people and it's my impression, with the scale of the disaster, that the death toll will exceed 20 thousand.!!"
Bodies of some of those killed In the destroyed city,Bam. Cemetries are overflowing with fully-clothed corpses. Hundreds of bodies have been tipped into trenches hollowed out by mechanical diggers.
The earthquake flattened about 70 percent of the buildings in this ancient city. Many of the structures were made of mudbrick so when they collapsed they left no protected spaces or airpockets.
Bam Before and After
The historic citadel at Bam was one of the treasures of Iran, dating back to pre-Islamic times.
But Friday's devastating earthquake has virtually levelled the historic heart of Bam.
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