The Facts
- According to Iranian state-run news outlets, at least 32 people were killed and 16 others injured after a fire broke out at a drug rehabilitation center in Langarud, a city in the northern Gilan province, on Friday.
- While an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the blaze, several suspects, including the center manager, have already been arrested, according to Gilan's Chief Justice Esmail Sadeghi.
- A preliminary probe suggests that a heater in the opium rehabilitation facility had sparked the fire, sending plumes of smoke into the air and damaging its roof and windows.
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The Spin
Pro-Iran narrative
This tragic incident in a privately-run drug addiction treatment center in the Gilan province has shocked the Iranian nation. But Tehran has rightly launched a prompt investigation and already taken measures to hold those responsible accountable.
Anti-Iran narrative
Drug addicted Iranians have long been subjected to physical and mental abuses during their stay in rehabilitation centers. This was a tragedy waiting to happen as such a treatment would eventually bring about heavy casualties in the event of a catastrophe similar to a blaze tearing through the building.
Metaculus Prediction
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