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On May 23, 2022, the Metropol building in the city of Abadan, Iran, partially collapsed. The building was part of the Abdul Baqi Metropol Holding Twin Towers project. Structural failure of the building apparently occurred due to violations of technical rules and standards.

Timeline

On May 23, 2022, at 12:30 about 40% of this tower collapsed. Rescue operations have been carried out with difficulty. On the day of the accident, 32 people were rescued from the rubble of the building, and the rescue operation in the building was completed by 7 p.m. At 20:30, the death toll rose to six. Search and rescue operations by the Iranian Red Crescent Society continued in the basement, and Red Crescent reconnaissance dogs identified three people alive from under the rubble. Survivors also found three detainees alive in the basement.

The next day, the debris removal operation from the lower floors began until twelve in the afternoon, the rescue team of the Tehran Fire Department was present at the scene. It is estimated that 50 people are under the rubble. The main demolition operation began at 2:00 PM. By 4:00 PM, another 40 sections of the building collapsed during the demolition operation, injuring three rescuers. By 19:45, another survivor was rescued from the rubble.

At eleven PM, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi asked the people to leave the scene because of the serious danger of falling again and if the people are present, a catastrophe may occur. By two-thirty PM, according to Vahidi, debris removal had been stopped for some time due to high sensitivity and vibrations in the remaining part of the metropolis building. The death toll also rose to 16.

Cause

According to the governor of Khuzestan, Sadeq Khalilian, the structure of the Metropol building was very heavy and this building was designed in six floors, but then three floors and then two more floors were added to it. The Chief Justice of Khuzestan Province issued an order to investigate the cause and factors of the incident. Eleven violators of the project (the current mayor of Abadan, two former mayors, as well as a number of municipal employees and supervisors) have been arrested by court order. The deputy director of prevention of the Abadan Fire Department had issued warnings about the possibility of the building collapsing on November 19 last year, but it was ignored.

Protests

Following this incident, the people of Abadan have been marching in the streets since Monday, May 23, 2022, protesting against the incident and the lack of relief equipment and the lack of care for the people left behind. Citizens of Abadan chanted slogans such as "Today is a day of mourning, today is a day of mourning in Abadan without a owner, today is a day of mourning" Abdul Baqi, the owner of the building, reacted.

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External links

iran-rocked-third-night-violent-protests-deadly-building-collapse telegraph.co.uk
Iran : le bilan monte à 34 morts après l'effondrement d'un immeuble www.lefigaro.fr
10-storey Metropole building collapse en.mehrnews.com
Debris removal from the collapsed building of Abadan 'Metropolis' continue iranpress.com
ten-story-metropole-tower-collapses-dozens-killed-injured-trapped irannewsupdate.com
what-caused-abadans-metropole-building-to-collapse ksra.eu

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 ==Cause==
-According to the governor of Khuzestan, Sadegh Khalilian, the structure of the Metropol building was very heavy and this building was designed in six floors, but then three floors and then two more floors were added to it. The Chief Justice of Khuzestan Province issued an order to investigate the cause and factors of the incident. Eleven violators of the project (the current mayor of Abadan, two former mayors, as well as a number of municipal employees and supervisors) have been arrested by court order. The deputy director of prevention of the Abadan Fire Department had issued warnings about the possibility of the building collapsing on November 19 last year, but it was ignored.
+According to the governor of Khuzestan, [[Sadeq Khalilian]], the structure of the Metropol building was very heavy and this building was designed in six floors, but then three floors and then two more floors were added to it. The Chief Justice of Khuzestan Province issued an order to investigate the cause and factors of the incident. Eleven violators of the project (the current mayor of Abadan, two former mayors, as well as a number of municipal employees and supervisors) have been arrested by court order. The deputy director of prevention of the Abadan Fire Department had issued warnings about the possibility of the building collapsing on November 19 last year, but it was ignored.
 ==Protests==