Rescue teams are en route to western Iran after three strong earthquakes and several aftershocks left at least 66 people dead and around 1,000 injured. Around 330 villages have also been badly damaged by the quake, local officials say. The epicenter of the quake was in a mountainous area between the two industrial cities of Boroujerd and Doroud. Three tremors struck the remote region, the largest of which measured 6.0 on the Richter scale.The initial quake of magnitude 4.7 struck late on Thursday evening, according to state television. It was followed by a quake of magnitude 5.1 at 11:06 pm local time while the third much stronger magnitude 6.0 quake struck at 4:47 am local time on Friday.