Clad in black and eyes blazing with rage and grief, Iranians beat a tune on dozens of drums—the same one they have played for generations in southern Iran to plead for the sea to return their dead sailors.As the night is filled with the tune of drums and metallic clamor of cymbals, the people of Abadan, in southwestern Khuzestan province, mourn lives lost to corruption under the debris of a collapsed tower, the Metropol.
On May 23, the ten-story commercial tower came crashing down on people’s heads in Abadan. As of June 6, forty-one bodies were pulled from the rubble, including at least five children.
Source: ‘From Cinema Rex to Metropol,’ Iranians have had enough – Atlantic Council