Radio Zamaneh
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal
    • Republishing Guidelines
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal
    • Republishing Guidelines
No Result
View All Result
Radio Zamaneh
No Result
View All Result

No charges laid in deadly school fire

by Zamaneh Media
January 5, 2013
in Latest Articles
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
No charges laid in deadly school fire

Tavakol Heydari, the head of the Western Azerbaijan justice department, has announced that no one has been charged for the fire incident at a Sheenabad elementary school.

In an interview with ISNA on Saturday January 5, Heydari said: “If the janitor had removed the children before trying to take out the faulty heater, there probably would have been fewer casualties. Or if there had been a fire extinguisher on site, the incident might have been prevented.”

He added that such issues are being discussed but they are not “judicial faults.”

In December, 37 grade four students suffered burn injuries when a faulty heater exploded while being removed from the classroom.

Two of the victims, Siran Yeganeh and Sarina Rasoulzadeh, succumbed to their injuries later in hospital in Tabriz. Two other students are still said to be in critical conditions.

The head of the Western Azerbaijan justice department went on to add: “No complaints have been filed against the Red Crescent or the school teacher, and it is obvious that there has been no deliberate insouciance on the part of the teacher or the principal.”

He added that no expert reports have been filed regarding the heaters and whether they were old and unsafe.

The incident drew harsh criticism of the Education Minister and the ministry programs. The Association for Children’s Rights and local activists and MPs called on Minister Hajibabayi to resign.

Heydari stressed that despite the death of two students, no one has filed charges so far. He added that the Education Ministry’s assurances that it will pay all damages and treatment costs for the students could be the reason that his department has received no complaints.

Related Posts

Re-reading Bahmanyar, a prominent Tajik writer
Featured Items

Re-reading Bahmanyar, a prominent Tajik writer

July 14, 2025
Condemned for Compassion: The Death Sentence of Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri
Latest Articles

Condemned for Compassion: The Death Sentence of Rezgar Beigzadeh Babamiri

July 9, 2025
A Collective Statement by Men Advocating for Gender and Sexual Equality: Let Us End This Silence and Complicity
Human Rights

A Collective Statement by Men Advocating for Gender and Sexual Equality: Let Us End This Silence and Complicity

June 14, 2025
The Light Carried Forward: Migration, Exile, Flight and Cinematic Creation
Latest Articles

The Light Carried Forward: Migration, Exile, Flight and Cinematic Creation

May 9, 2025
A Dutch Artist Inspired by Women, Life, and Freedom in Iran: An Interview with Rienke Enghardt
Latest Articles

A Dutch Artist Inspired by Women, Life, and Freedom in Iran: An Interview with Rienke Enghardt

September 23, 2024
Afghan Migrants Speak Out: Legal Residents Expelled from Iran
Human Rights

Afghan Migrants Speak Out: Legal Residents Expelled from Iran

August 16, 2024
Radio Zamaneh

© 2024 Zamaneh Media

More information

  • Sponsors
  • Donate
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Legal

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal
    • Republishing Guidelines

© 2024 Zamaneh Media