Iranian rescue workers have pulled a woman alive from the rubble in Bam today, more than eight full days after an earthquake destroyed the city.
A Red Crescent spokeswoman said the woman, aged about 60, was found in good condition despite long odds of surviving so long after the quake.
Iranian woman Shahrbanoo Mazandarani receives treatment at a field hospital after she was pulled alive and unscathed from the rubble in Bam.
Experts say it is extremely unlikely to survive even beyond three days without food or water in such conditions.
She was located first by sniffer dogs. Rescue workers then spent three hours freeing her from the rubble.
There have been no survivors found in the devastated city since Thursday when three people were rescued.
The tremor - which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale - killed at least 30,000 people in Bam, an ancient Silk Road city that once had 103,000 inhabitants. Government officials have said the final toll may reach 50,000. Ninety per cent of its buildings were also ruined.