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The death toll has risen to 36 from a tower block that collapsed in southwestern Iran last week, sparking angry protests, state media reported Tuesday.A large section of the 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in a busy street in the city of Abadan crashed to the ground on May 23, resulting in one of the country's deadliest disasters in recent years.

Hundreds of people took to the streets in southwestern Iran demanding justice after a tower block collapse killed 24 people, news outlets in the Islamic republic said on Friday. A large section of the 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in the city of Abadan, in Khuzestan province, crumbled on Monday, causing one of…

Uniindia: Tehran, May 27 (UNI/Xinhua) The death toll of a 10-storey commercial building collapse in Irans southwestern city of Abadan rose to 24, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported on Friday.

'Death to incompetent officials,' demonstrators in Abadan chant after at least 24 killed in collapse of apartment tower that is being built

The death toll of a 10-storey commercial building collapse in Iran's southwestern city of Abadan rose to 24, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported Friday. So far, 34 of the 37 injured people have been discharged from the hospital, ISNA reported, citing Ehsan Abbaspour, deputy governor of the

A large section of the 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in the city of Abadan, in Khuzestan province, crumbled on Monday, causing one of Iran's deadliest such disasters in years

Dozens are feared trapped

24 killed in commercial building collapse in SW Iran-

The collapse of a building in Abadan has left at least 24 dead and spurred anger over corruption and mismanagement. Canada also canceled a planned friendly soccer match with Iran’s national team amid a pressure campaign. U.S. and Iranian diplomats both talked about their continued desire to restore