Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei voiced sorrow over the “painful” fire and collapse of Tehran’s 17-storey Plasco high-rise on Thursday. “The painful fire in and collapse of the building in downtown the city have made me deeply saddened, unhappy and concerned,” Imam Khamenei said ...
Dozens of people, including firefighters, are feared dead after the Plasco Trade Center in central Tehran collapsed on Thursday, head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Services Pir-Hossein Kolivand said. Kolivand stated there is no exact report on the number of the firemen originally involved in putting out the fire started earlier ...