Iran, Relief Agencies Praise Response to Bam Quake
Relief agencies and Iranian officials have praised the international community's initial response to the earthquake that leveled the city of Bam. Post-earthquake reconstruction costs could run as high as $1 billion over the next two years.
If there was a silver lining to the horrible earthquake cloud over Bam last month, it was the outpouring of humanitarian assistance from all over the globe. Within days of the disaster, 1,700 volunteers from 40 countries arrived on the scene.
