
'A day of mourning': At least six people dead, dozens injured and trapped after building collapse in Iran
A rescue operation is underway in Iran after the collapse of a ten-storey residential complex with dozens of people eared trapped.
Iran, also called Persia, and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), making it the fourth-largest country entirely in Asia and the second-largest country in Western Asia behind Saudi Arabia. Iran has a population of 85 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Tehran, followed by Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz and Tabriz.
A rescue operation is underway in Iran after the collapse of a ten-storey residential complex with dozens of people eared trapped.
Videos posted on social medias show the aftermath of a building collapse in southwestern Iran where at least four people died and..