Intelligence ministry to identify those responsible for Saadatabad incident
August 10, 2008 - 0:0
TEHRAN -- Intelligence Minister Qolam Hossein Mohseni Ejei on Thursday said his ministry is determined to identify those who were responsible for the fall of a building in Saadatabad in western Tehran in which a number of workers were killed.
“All officials should pursue the issue,” he stated in a meeting with the families of the workers buried underneath the building.In the tragic incident a seven-story building collapsed at Saadatabad on July 1, killing 17 workers. Most of the workers came from Kouhdasht, Lorestan province.
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in an order commissioned Mohseni Ejei, Minister of Justice Qolam Hossein Elham and former acting interior minister Mahdi Hashemi to launch investigation into the incident and give their findings in a month.
Ali Shahrokhi Gobadi, the MP from Kouhdasht who also chairs the Majlis Legal Committee, emphasized that officials should spare no effort in identifying those persons who caused such unfortunate event through their carelessness