The mine explosion killed a 14-year-old teenager in the Qasr-e Shirin
11:16 - 26 February 2020
A 14-year-old teenager, "Payam Rostami", died on Saturday, February 22nd, from a landmine explosion in Qasr-e Shirin.
The teenager was killed during cattle ranching due to mines remaining from eight-year war between Iran and Iraq.
According to official investigations, Iran is the second-most contaminated with mines country in the world, and apart from controversial statistics on landmine numbers, it is estimated at four million and two hundred thousand hectares of Iran's land, officials have reported that there has been more than 16 million unexploded mines and ordnance after the end of war in Urmia, Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Ilam and Khuzestan.
