MNA� Leader of the Islamic Revolution has issued a message of condolence for Thursday�s collapse of Plasco building in central Tehran.


Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expressed deep sorrow and concern over the blaze and collapse of the building in a busy area of Tehran. It extended eulogies to those firefighters who endangered their own lives out of the call of duty to save the lives of people; �the receptive hearts would only admire the firefighters but also become full of sorrow for their entrapment under the rubble,� said the message.

�Currently, all efforts should focus on saving of the firefighters trapped in the site; the finding causes and possible contributing factor now remains as only second priority; I call all authorities to focus all resources on saving the highly commendable firefighters to respond properly to their great work on rescue operations,� the statement suggested.