Iran's Plasco collapse should be investigated for explosives

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AE911Truth — Architects & Engineers Investigating the destruction of all three World Trade Center skyscrapers on September 11
http://www.ae911truth.org/news/336-news-media-events-tehran-building-c ollapse.html

'Based on preliminary analysis of many videos of the collapse, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth)—a nonprofit that represents more than 2,750 architects and engineers who are calling for a new investigation of the 2001 World Trade Center disaster—strongly urges President Rouhani, Iranian authorities, and the people of Iran to thoroughly investigate the possible use of explosives in the Plasco Building’s shocking demise, and to act swiftly and decisively to preserve the physical evidence.'

'Earlier today, AE911Truth released a statement in response to yesterday’s tragic collapse of the iconic Plasco Building in Tehran, Iran, which reportedly claimed dozens of lives. The 17-story high-rise had large fires that burned for some 3 ½ hours before it suddenly came crashing to the ground.
After carefully analyzing videos that were available online and reviewing the circumstances surrounding the shocking demise of this building, we determined that it was our responsibility to call for the possible use of explosives to be thoroughly investigated.
Issuing this press release across the U.S., the U.K., and the Middle East — including in Iran — is costing AE911Truth $1,850. We encourage you to chip in toward covering this unanticipated expense, if you are so inclined. Thank you as always for your support.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ted Walter
(510) 292-4710
twalter@AE911Truth.org
January 20, 2017
Tehran Building Collapse: Investigators Must Consider Explosives
NEW YORK – At approximately 11:30 AM local time yesterday in Tehran, an iconic 17-story high-rise known as the Plasco Building tragically collapsed after being on fire for some 3 ½ hours. It is not yet known how many firefighters and civilians were killed, but early reports say that anywhere from 20 to 50 are feared dead.
Based on preliminary analysis of many videos of the collapse, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth)—a nonprofit that represents more than 2,750 architects and engineers who are calling for a new investigation of the 2001 World Trade Center disaster—strongly urges President Rouhani, Iranian authorities, and the people of Iran to thoroughly investigate the possible use of explosives in the Plasco Building’s shocking demise, and to act swiftly and decisively to preserve the physical evidence.
Let us be clear: It is impossible to know at this early stage what caused the structure to suddenly come crashing down. But, as with any proper forensic investigation, no plausible scenario should be ruled out—especially when the available data seem to support that scenario.
Here, six separate videos we have compiled show what appear to be—and in some cases sound like—explosions emanating from the tower in sequential patterns as it began to crumble. The building’s tumultuous fall is then accompanied by thick, energetic, rapidly forming plumes that are reminiscent of what we see in controlled demolitions.
Further, the BBC reported that the fires were nearly extinguished—and that emergency personnel and occupants had begun reentering the building—when the collapse unexpectedly occurred. Indeed, videos display very few flames and a thick black smoke—signs of a low-temperature, oxygen-starved fire. Moreover, the inferno was limited to the upper floors, yet the entire 17 stories came down in just a few seconds.
We at AE911Truth are all too familiar with events in which a prematurely formed narrative makes it harder to subsequently ascertain what truly happened. We therefore adamantly caution against rushing to any conclusions as investigators work to uncover the truth surrounding this national tragedy in Iran.
Should the Plasco Building collapse be found to have been caused by pre-placed explosives, sadly it will not be the first time that explosives were used to bring down a burning high-rise while people were still inside.'

'Tehran Plasco Building Collapse: Explosives Must Be Investigated':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MgJTa7SDaY&feature=youtu.be

Certainly looks like a controlled demolition to me (but rather an inferior one).

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‘9/11 Free Fall 1/26/17: The Plasco Building in Iran’:
https://soundcloud.com/user-989685163/2017-01-24-14-08-08-computer

One hour audio by A&E re the Plasco Building

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'Southern US Architects Earn Continuing Ed Credits with AE911Truth':
http://www.ae911truth.org/news/338-news-media-events-southern-us-archi tects-earn-continuing-ed-credits-with-ae911truth.html

Wow! A&E give 9/11 Education courses courtesy of AIA, and the attendees get AIA-approved credits!!
'Credit is provided to Institute members who take the course because AE911Truth is an AIA CES-approved provider of continuing education. Its seven registered courses can be found at AE911Truth.org/Continuing-Ed.

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'Persian-Language Channel Airs Groundbreaking Exposé on Plasco Demolition, Draws Significantly from AE911Truth Report':
https://www.ae911truth.org/news/458-persian-language-channel-airs-grou ndbreaking-expose-on-plasco-demolition-draws-significantly-from-ae911t ruth-report

AE911Truth Staff May 22, 2018

'One month ago today, Persian-language channel Manoto TV aired a groundbreaking exposé about the demolition of Tehran’s 15-story Plasco Building in January 2017, which killed 16 firefighters and at least five civilians. Manoto TV is estimated to be watched by at least 30 percent of households in Iran.

The half-hour segment from Manoto’s investigative news series Reportage highlights most of the key evidence covered in AE911Truth’s February 2017 report and also features an interview with one of the report’s co-authors, Ted Walter.

After working hard for the past four weeks to translate and subtitle the Persian-language show, we are pleased to finally release it.

Included in Manoto’s show are five corroborating reports — previously unknown to AE911Truth — of the Plasco fire having been extinguished prior to the collapse as well as three additional corroborating reports, also new to AE911Truth, of explosions immediately preceding the collapse.

One clip even shows fire department spokesman Jalal Maleki attributing the collapse directly to the explosions: “In the last moments, two or three explosions occurred in the upper floors and those were the main reason for the collapse.”

The show also features an anonymous official from the Tehran Fire Department who claims that no one from the department anticipated the building would come down. He also discloses that members of the department have been officially forbidden from discussing the Plasco incident online.

This episode of Reportage marks the first time that any media organization — other than the staunchly anti-government, reformist Amad News — has reported the truth about the demolition of the Plasco Building and the mass murder of nearly two-dozen people who were inside the building at the time of this heinous act.

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