VOL. XLV

No 21

27-May-2002

IRAN

FireDamagesNIOCTehranHeadquartersBuilding

The headquartersbuilding of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) on TaleghaniAvenue in Central Tehran was damaged in a fire on 23 May caused by anelectrical short-circuit. The fire, which started at around in the prayer room on the second floor and spread to other floors in thebuilding, was put out in four hours. MEESlearns that the second floor was badly damaged and that one person diedfrom suffocation and 20...