Construction of new Plasco building to start at Eid al-Fitr
MNA – Construction of a new building at the site of Plasco, an iconic shopping center in downtown Tehran which erupted in…
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Inspired by Plasco tragedy, scientists build firefighter robot
IFP – A group of Iranian scientists have invented a robot that can extinguish fires of up to 1000 Celsius degrees while…
100s of safety risks loom ahead, year after Tehran high-rise blaze
Press TV – One year after the tragic blaze at Plasco high-rise in downtown Tehran, experts warn of hundreds more similar safety…
Photos: People commemorate Iranian firemen killed in Plasco building collapse
Tasnim | Ali Jabbari: A memorial service was held in a cemetery south of Tehran to pay tribute to the firefighters killed…
Construction of new Plasco building to start in Tehran soon: Deputy mayor
Tasnim – Nearly a year after the Iranian capital’s iconic Plasco building collapsed in a fire, the Tehran Municipality said it plans…
Parl. report finds 7 guilty in Plasco collapse
MNA – A parliament report on the Jan. 19 collapse of an ageing high-rise in downtown Tehran has found seven entities responsible for…
Collapsed Plasco Building to be rebuilt
IRNA – An Iranian member of parliament said on Sunday that the collapsed Plasco Building is going to be reconstructed. Asghar Salimi,…
Fire, sole cause of Plasco collapse
MNA – President Hassan Rouhani has said national report preparation in any incident should be a regular response to the incidents to…
Plasco shop owners resettled in new commercial centre
IFP- Plasco shopping centre, one of Tehran’s oldest high-rise buildings, collapsed after a huge fire in January. Having served as an important…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on February 2
IFP- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei paid tribute to the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of…
Photos: Commemoration ceremony of martyred firefighters
Tasnim| Meqdad Madadi: A ceremony was held to commemorate the hero firefighters of Plasco collapse on Wednesday attended by President Rouhani.
Tokyo holds charity bazaar for Plasco firefighters
MNA– The annual charity bazaar hosted by Iran’s Embassy in Tokyo was held this time in honor of martyred firefighters who lost…
Photos: Funeral ceremony of martyred firemen starts
FNA| Mohammad Hossein Velayati: Funeral for the firefighters who lost their lives in a fire and subsequent collapse of Plasco building in…
Photos: Families say farewell to hero firefighters
FNA| Mahdi Marizad: The families of the firefighters held a ceremony on Sunday night to say farewell to the devoted firefighters who…
Hero firefighters’ funeral procession starts in Tehran
IRNA – Funeral procession of 16 Iranian firefighters, martyred in Plasco Building fire and collapse, started in Tehran on Monday, attended by…
Iranian firefighters sacrificed their lives to save others: Leader
Press TV- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has eulogized the Iranian firefighters who lost their lives while trying…
Martyred firefighters’ funerals slated for Jan. 30
IRNA – Funeral procession of firefighters, martyred in Plasco Buidling fire and collapse, will be held on Monday, January 30. Tehran Deputy…
Plasco rubble removal operation ends
IRNA – Nine days after the collapse of Plasco Trade Center in downtown Tehran, the rubble removal operation in the building came…
Injury toll in Plasco collapse reaches 230
IRNA – Latest reports released on Thursday evening indicated that the number of those wounded at the Plasco Trade Center fire and…
Body of last firefighter recovered from Palsco rubble
IRNA- Spokesman of Tehran Fire Department Jalaleddin Maleki said on late Thursday that rescue teams at the site of the tragic collapse…
Plasco indecent results from people’s irrational, irresponsible votes
IFP- Iran’s oldest high-rise in downtown Tehran collapsed on Thursday (January 19) morning following a huge fire in the building, leaving many…
Injury toll in Plasco collapse reaches 222
IRNA – Laste reports released on Thursday indicated that the number of those wounded at the Plasco Trade Center fire and collapse…
Bodies of 4 more firefighters recovered from Palsco rubble
IRNA – Spokesman of Tehran Fire Department Jalaleddin Maleki said on Thursday that rescue teams at the site of the tragic collapse…
More bodies recovered from rubble of collapsed building in Tehran
Tasnim – Iranian rescuer workers on Thursday retrieved two more bodies from the rubble of a high-rise building in Tehran that collapsed…
Police rejects any attempt behind Plasco tragedy
IRNA – The Police have detected no sign of attempt behind the tragedy of the collapse of Plasco Trade Center in the…
Govt. pledges financial exemptions for Plasco business owners
MNA– Cabinet’s Wednesday meeting has pledged a number of financial exemptions for business owners doing their business on Plasco building. Cabinet meeting…
Perpetrators of Plasco incident to be punished
IRNA – Interior Minister, Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli, said on Wednesday that once all relevant institutes release their final reports on the Plasco incident…
Plasco incident’s heroes commemorated in Iran’s football league
IFP- Plasco Building came down after fire engulfed the top floors of the 17-storey high-rise on Thursday morning, leaving at least 25…
Search teams find 2 more bodies in Tehran building collapse
AP — Iran’s state TV reports that search teams have found two more bodies of victims from last week’s deadly building collapse…
President: Plasco incident shows altruism still alive in society
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said here on Wednesday that the fire in Plasco Trade Center in Tehran indicated that the spirit…
Funeral of firemen killed in Tehran high-rise fire slated for Thursday
Tasnim – A funeral will be held Thursday for the firefighters who lost their lives in a fire and subsequent collapse of…
Iranians cast doubt over Tehran mayor’s competency after Plasco collapse
Press TV- Following the collapse of an ageing high-rise in downtown Tehran last week, many Iranians have joined a campaign on social media,…
What Iran can learn from Plasco building collapse
IFP- Plasco Building in the Iranian capital of Tehran caught fire in early Thursday, January 19, and came down only hours later,…
Injury toll in Plasco inferno reaches 201
IRNA – The number of people wounded at the Plasco Trade Center collapse on Thursday has risen to 201, the director of…
Tragedy tainted with politics in Iran
IFP- In a recent article, Asr-e Iran news website has criticized the way tragic incidents in Iran are being used as a…
President orders help to victims of Plasco building
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani has ordered to provide support for the guilds and workers who lost their properties and jobs after…
4 bodies uncovered on 5th day of search operations
MNA– While a search operation and debris removal of Plasco building has entered its fifth day, rescuers discovered bodies of four civilians.…
A fake police officer and a thief arrested in Plasco building collapse site
IFP- A person has been reportedly arrested after trespassing on the building collapse site while wearing the police uniform, Tasnim said in…
UN Tehran envoy pays tribute to Plasco martyrs
IRNA – The United Nations Representative in Tehran, Gary Lewis, on Sunday paid respect to those, who lost their lives in the…
Plasco deadly tragedy in media spotlight
January 22, The Iran Project – Iran’s oldest high-rise in downtown Tehran collapsed on Jan 19 following a major fire in the…