1.   Hospital emergency rooms and medical clinics reported phone lines jammed by hundreds of anxious callers, many suffering symptoms.

2.   Anxious callers both inside and outside the country clogged phone lines in an attempt to find out the fate of their loved ones.

3.   The official Islamic Republic News Agency reported that its switchboard was jammed by callers anxious to know about the verdict.

4.   The official Islamic Republic News Agency reported that its switchboard was jammed since morning by callers anxious to know about the verdict.

5.   The official Islamic Republic News Agency reported that its switchboard was jammed by callers anxious to know about the outcome.

6.   Telephone switchboards at newspaper and news agency offices were jammed by anxious callers, some of whom thought an explosion had occurred.