This new prominence of bodies overwhelmingly depicted their destruction and deformation, inevitably raising the question of how they related to the persons who had once inhabited them.
The aid organisations and advocacy groups have also asked for additional public guidance to assure financial institutions "that they are permitted to process transactions on behalf of US personsrelated to earthquake-relief efforts in Iran".
The task force made 26 recommendations, and police have since implemented all of the recommendations related to missing-persons investigations, including the foundation of a new missing-persons unit and website, said one task-force member.