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Landmine explosion kills Iranian soldier

06 October 2015 [14:02] - TODAY.AZ

An Iranian soldier was killed in landmine explosion near Jeyran Bolagh village in Iranian western province of Kermanshah, Gholamreza Askari, commander of army’s Brigade 35 said.

The soldier serving in the brigade hit a landmine remaining from Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) near the Brigade 35 military base close to the border of Iraq, Askari said, Iran ’s official IRNA news agency reported Oct. 6.

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

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.

/By Trend/

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