Several people, including at least 16 firefighters, are feared dead after the Thursday collapse of Plasco building in central Tehran. Newspapers on Saturday dedicated their front pages to the victims of this tragic incident.
Here are the selected papers that highlighted the collapse of Plasco building:
19 Dey:
1- Tehran’s Heart Collapses
Abrar:
1- Is It How the “Municipality” Works?!
2- Great Men Who Melted in Fire of People’s Love
3- People Have Not Yet Forgotten Train Disaster
4- Tehran Lost One of Its Symbols
Abrar-e Eqtesadi:
1- Iran’s Clothing Industry in Coma: Plasco Collapse Leads to Unemployment of at Least 4,000
Afkar:
1- Plasco: A Lump in Tehran’s Throat
Aftab-e Yazd:
1- This Endless Sadness and Distress
2- Government Declares Today a National Day of Mourning
3- Debris Removal Operation Will Go on for 3 or 5 Days
4- The Main Pain [Editorial]
Amin:
1- Nostalgia Turned into Tragedy: Plasco Collapses
Arman-e Emrooz:
1- Tehran’s Ambiguous Future
2- Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s Family: Our Sorrow Was Doubled
Asr-e Iranian:
1- Plasco Collapses, Tehran Wears Black
Bahar:
1- Rubble of Imprudence: Tehran in Grief, Firefighters Burn
Besharat-e Now:
1- Tehran Crying over Rubble of Sorrow
Donya-ye Eqtesad:
1- Lessons to Be Taken from Plasco: 5,000 Similar Threats in Tehran
Emtiaz:
1- For Plasco Heroes: Heroes Who Fought Fire with Inadequate Equipment
Etemad:
1- Tehran on Fire: Blaze and Collapse of Plasco Building, and Firefighters’ Sacrifice Lead to a Tragedy
2- Tears and Shock in Fire Stations
Ettela’at:
1- Iranian Nation in Grief for National Heroes: Unknown Number of Selfless Firefighters Trapped under Rubble
Ghanoon:
1- The Butterfly Flies into Flames for Your Sake, You Candle, Have Some Respect for the Butterfly [a poem by Iranian poet Vahshi Bafghi]
Haft-e Sobh:
1- Tehran, January 19, 2017: Day of Suffering
2- Good for a Nation that Has Heroes
Hamdeli:
1- Fire of Heaven: World Praises Iranian Firefighters
Hamshahri:
1- City’s Heart Burns: 21 Firefighters Entrapped after Blaze and Total Collapse of Plasco Building
Hemayat:
1- Iran Mourning for Selfless Firefighters: 54-Year-Old Plasco High-Rise Turned to a Bunch of Ash and Steel
Iran:
1- Painful Incident Is a Source of Sorrow, Regret, and Deep Concern for Me: Iran’s Leader
2- Battle of Honour and Fire: Firefighters’ Sacrifice in Plasco Disaster Surprises Iran and the World
3- President Rouhani Calls for Immediate Action to Recover the Injured and Compensate for Damages
4- Parliament Speaker Calls on Parliamentary Commissions to Probe into the Incident
Jame Jam:
1- Iran’s Leader: Courage and Sacrifice of Our Firefighters Fills Our Hearts with Admiration and also Concern and Sorrow; All Efforts Should Be Focused on Rescuing the Entrapped People
2- Iran in Grief for Men of Fire
Javan:
1- Pain of Plasco: Iran’s Rescue History to Remember Firefighters’ Efforts
Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Disaster in Tehran’s Oldest Commercial Building
2- Nonstop Debris Removal and Inspection Continues in the Site
Ka’enat:
1- Sequence of Sorrow: Plasco Building Incident Saddens Iran’s Society
Kar-o Kargar:
1- Hell Day of Plasco
Kayhan:
1- Selfless Firefighters Did Their Best: 17-Storey Plasco Building Collapses
Khorasan:
1- Feeling of Grief over Deaths of Selfless People
Mardom Salari:
1- Tehran’s Heart Collapsed: Plasco Rubble, a Warning for Capital City
Nasl-e Farda:
1- Saddest Day of Tehran
2- Bitter End of Plasco Building
3- Society’s Mental Health under Fire of Plasco
Payam-e Zaman:
1- Firefighters Always on Frontline of Sacrifice
Quds:
1- I’m Standing Like a Candle, Don’t Try to Make Me Afraid of Fire
Rah-e Mardom:
1- Plasco Fire Burns 80 Million Iranians
Rooyesh-e Mellat:
1- Condolences: Iran’s Cabinet Declares Saturday as National Day of Mourning
2- Friday Prayers Leader: Iran’s Establishment Should Always Be Prepared for Unexpected Incidents
Roozegar-e Ma:
1- The Fire that Was Not Extinguished
Saheb Qalam:
1- Firefighter Eagles Die on Their Feet
San’at:
1- Iran in Shock
2- Beating Heart of Tehran’s Clothing Industry Turns to Ashes
Sepid:
1- Tehran’s Heart under the Rubble: Plasco, the Tragic Fate of Tehran’s Nostalgia
Setareh Sobh:
1- Tehran’s 54-Year-Old Highest Building Collapses
Shahrvand:
1- Debris Removal Goes on, People Are Worried about Entrapped Firefighters
Shargh:
1- Iran’s Leader Urges Officials to Continue Their Hard Work and Fulfil Their Duties
Siasat-e Rooz:
1- Disaster in Capital City’s Heart
2- Stand Up Brave Man [Editorial]
Sobh-e Now:
1- City’s Heroes: Firefighters Did All They Could in Plasco
Ta’adol:
1- Disaster in Capital City
Tafahom:
1- Crisis HQ Spokesman: Conditions Are Critical under the Rubble
2- Firefighters Extinguish Fire of Some People’s Careless Behaviour
Tamashagaran:
1- Death of Urban Management
2- From Online Cries to Shouts under Rubble: Plasco Ruins and Angry People’s Reaction in Social Media
Tejarat:
1- Rubble of Grief
Vaghaye Ettefaghieh:
1- Old Tehran’s Heart Broken
2- We Are Embarrassed, that’s All [Editorial by Iranian MP]
Vatan-e Emrooz:
1- Flight of Phoenix: 20 Firefighters Lose Their Lives in Blaze and Collapse of Plasco Building
