Zarif thanks global sympathy over Plasco tragedy

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister, Mohammad-Javad Zarif, on Saturday appreciated 'sympathies from across the globe' for the tragic collapse of Plasco Trade Center downtown Tehran on January 19.

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22 January 2017

The 17-storey Plasco Trade Center collapsed in Tehran on Thursday morning, January 19, as firefighters were trying to contain fire in the building, IRNA reported.

The incident left dozens killed or injured. Some 25 people, most of them firefighters, are still under the rubble.

'Today we mourn the loss of our brave firefighters, and pray for them and their families,' Zarif tweeted in his official Twitter account.