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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Protesters Chant ‘Death to Khamenei’ over Iranian Building Collapse

A handout photo made available by the Iranian presidential official shows, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber (CL) visits the site where a ten-storey building collapsed in the in city of Abadan, in Khuzestan province in southern Iran, 27 May 2022. (EPA/Iranian Presidential Office/Handout)

Protesters in several cities in Iran chanted anti-government slogans overnight, including "death to Khamenei", over a deadly building collapse in the southwest of the country, videos posted on social media showed.

Officials said the death toll had risen to 34 on Tuesday, with another 37 injured in the May 23 collapse of the 10-storey residential and commercial building in Abadan in the oil-producing region of Khuzestan. Rescue workers continued to search for victims under the rubble, they said.

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