It is one of the biggest disasters to hit Iran in recent years. Part of the ten-story Metropol building, which was still under construction in Abadan, one of the main cities in Khuzestan province, collapsed on May 23.
Rescue teams found this tuesday another bodybringing the death toll to 34, local officials said.
“The total number of victims is 34, with the discovery of a new body this morning,” Abadan city governor Ehsan Abbaspour was quoted as saying by Iran’s official IRNA news agency.
On Sunday, the day of mourning for the tragedy, Riot police used batons and fired tear gas grenades to disperse the protesters. who booed the ayatollah Mohsen Heidari Alekasir, Iranian Supreme Leader’s Envoy to Abadan, ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
On Friday, hundreds of people had marched through cities in Khuzestan to mourn the victims and demand legal action against those responsible for the tragedy, according to local media.
The regional justice said there was arrested 13 peopleamong them the mayor of Abadan and two former mayors, the contractor who supervised the works and the owner of the building under construction.
Source: Observadora