On May 23, a ten-story commercial tower came crashing down on people’s heads in Abadan. With each body recovered from the ruins, public anger crescendoed, leading to ongoing street protests in multiple areas in Khuzestan province and beyond.
In Iran today people rummage through dustbins searching for scraps of food. Eighty million Iranians have seen their daily income drop below the international extreme poverty line of $2 per
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In the wake of the tragedy, Iranian authorities made multiple arrests, but offered conflicting accounts on the fate of the building owner known for his connections with corridors of power.