This ambivalence, combined with low investment, explains why the province of Tehran, home to 12m people, boasts fewer than 50 cinemas.

ECONOMIST: Iranian cinema: How not to be offside | The

Iran's seismological centre in Bushehr province, linked to Tehran University, registered the quake at a magnitude of 6.1.

BBC: Deadly quake in south-west Iran's Bushehr province

The province lies about 700 miles (1, 100 kilometers) southeast of Tehran.

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