Death toll reaches 10 in building collapse in southwest Iran

Iranian media say the death toll from the collapse of a commercial building still under construction in southwestern Iran has reached 11, after more bodies were retrieved from the rubble in the city of AbadanOn Location: May 23, 2022TEHRAN, Iran -- Rescuers dug through debris Tuesday of a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble as authorities arrested the city's mayor in a widening probe of the disaster.The collapse Monday of an under-construction 10-story tower at the Metropol Building exposed its cement blocks and steel beams while also underscoring an ongoing crisis in Iranian construction projects that has seen other disasters in this earthquake-prone nation.Video from the initial collapse Monday showed thick dust rise over Abadan, a crucial oil-producing city in Khuzestan province, near Iran's border with Iraq.