The death toll from a building collapse in Iran has risen to 31, APA's Tehran bureau reports.
The bodies of two more people were removed from the rubble of the building.
Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that the death toll would rise, as many people were stranded under the rubble.
A large section of the 10-story Metropol building that was under construction in the city of Abadan in Khuzestan province collapsed on May 23.