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Iran Media: Gunmen Kill Brother of Collapsed Tower’s Owner

A pair of gunmen opened machinegun fire on Saturday in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan, killing the brother of the owner of a tower that collapsed there earlier this year, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. The May 23 collapse at the Metropol Building, some 660 kilometers (410 miles)…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 23, 2022

Death Toll in Iran Tower Collapse Rises to 41

The death toll in the collapse of a building in southwestern Iran rose Monday to at least 41, state media reported, two weeks after the disaster struck. Ehsun Abbaspour, the governor of the city of Abadan, gave the figure based on an official report, state television said, according to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 6, 2022

Death Toll in Iran Building Collapse Rises

The death toll in a catastrophic tower collapse in southwestern Iran rose to at least 38 on Sunday, state TV reported, as emergency workers pulled another body from the rubble amid fears still more could be trapped in the destruction. It's unclear how many more people remain unaccounted for in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 5, 2022