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Mine explosion in Iran leaves one dead

Politics Materials 31 May 2015 17:11 (UTC +04:00)
One people was killed in landmine explosion near the city of Paveh in Iranian western province of Kermanshah on May 30, night.
Mine explosion in Iran leaves one dead

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 31

By Umid Niayesh - Trend:

One people was killed in landmine explosion near the city of Paveh in Iranian western province of Kermanshah on May 30, night.

The 57-year old shepherd hit a landmine remaining from Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) near the border of Iraq, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported May 31.

Iran is one of the countries in the world with the most unexploded landmines, which kill and injure dozens of people every year.

In a similar incident in March five Iranian border guards were killed near the country's western borders.

According to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, there were 46 deaths and 76 injuries from landmines in Iran in 2012. Seven of the casualties were children.

Land areas in Iranian provinces of Ilam (1,700 hectares), Khuzestan (1.3 million hectares), Kermanshah (691,000 hectares ), Western Azerbaijan ( 59,000 hectares ) and Kurdistan ( 1,480 hectares ) were mined during the war.

It was assumed that after the war around 16 million mines could still remain in these areas.

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