ok let's go live now to vladimir van valkenburgh a journalist who joins us from air below the capital city of kurdistan region in northern iraq what can you tell us about the dimension of the the quake's damage where you are. well i haven't heard about the earthquake the years because i've been very severe for some time so this is the first time that people here with the situation here and kurdistan region of iraq at least four to five were killed but in general so many rounds in iran the damage was much higher so they say iran two hundred fifty one of them total maybe killed what do we know about the rescue operations is help getting through to the people who need it. while most of the rescue operations are organized locally are there also are you see and some turkish aid organizations that came to the rescue but most of this one was fine of locals and most of the damage was at the iraq and iran border where the earthquake started so there is damage is the biggest and also the local governor. from is now calling for is that they should be sort of down because there are some fears the