Iran building collapse death toll at 11

By Nasser Karimi
Updated May 24 2022 - 10:26pm, first published 10:21pm
Dozens of people are feared dead after a residential building collapsed in the city of Abadan, Iran.
Dozens of people are feared dead after a residential building collapsed in the city of Abadan, Iran.

Rescuers are digging through the debris of a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble as authorities arrested the city's mayor in a widening probe of the disaster.

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