Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki extended his condolences to the Algerian government and nation on the recent terrorist attack, which claimed the lives of a number of citizens in that country.

Two earthquakes measuring 3.2 and 4 on the Richter scale jolted the area in the vicinity of Shiraz and the town of Lamard in Iran’s central province of Fars on Thursday.

Two earthquakes measuring 4.1 and 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Nahbandan in Iran’s northwestern province of Southern Khorassan on thursday.