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NCRI –\u00a0Regarding the Plasco Building collapse in Tehran on January 19, the state-run ILNA news agency has quoted a lawyer named \u2018Kambiz Norouzi\u2019 as saying that \u201cfollowing the Plasco disaster, Tehran Municipal officials as well as the chairman of City Council of Tehran are continuously attempting to absolve Mayor of Tehran of any fault or responsibility, claiming that, for instance, the municipality has issued safety warnings for the Building 14 times in the past few years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA warning that doesn\u2019t lead to an action is of no use and can\u2019t relieve the municipality of its responsibilities\u201d, added Norouzi.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirstly, these warnings prove that Tehran\u2019s municipality has been fully aware of the fatal risks of the building\u2019s non-compliance with safety regulations\u201d, says Norouzi, \u201cSecondly, they have also been aware of the fact that the dimensions of the Plasco Building were so huge that any incident there could turn into a city-wide disaster, which it did. Thirdly, the municipality didn\u2019t go any further than to give mere warnings, thus failing to take any effective measures to use its authorities (like, for instance, the one mentioned in paragraph 14, article 55 of the municipal law) so as to enforce safety regulations and eliminate the risks associated with the Plasco Building, whereas if they did, such a disaster wouldn\u2019t have happened. Fourthly, the least the municipality could have done with regard to Plasco Building\u2019s non-compliance with safety measures, was to shut down the building and prevent any activity from taking place, which they didn\u2019t, either.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kambiz Norouzi concludes his remarks by saying \u201cbriefly, when they say they had warned about the Plasco Building\u2019s non-compliance with safety regulations, it means that they\u2019ve been fully aware of that. And when they were aware of that, they should have taken some preventive measures about it. And Since they\u2019ve failed to do that, it means that they\u2019ve failed to fulfill their obligations .This means being responsible in the disaster, regarded as a \u2018fault\u2019 according to legal terms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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