An official of the Iranin regime has told Reuters that hundreds more are feared dead.
The U.S. Geological Survey put the preliminary magnitude of the earthquake at 7.8 and at a depth of nine miles.
The seismological center in Iran said it was centered near Saravan, a sparsely populated area about 26 miles from the Pakistani border.
Iranian regime state-run TV said power and communications systems were down in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.
Following the earthquake, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, sent her condolences to the bereaved families and wished speedy recovery of the injured. She called on people especially those living in Sistan and Balouchestan and in the neighboring provinces to immediately come to the rescue of people who are under the rubble.