Deminer shell shocked in western Iranian town

While clearing the area of landmines on Monday, the excavator hit a military mine.

As a result of the blast, the excavator driver got shell shocked and he was transferred to Ganjavian Hospital in Dezful, Khuzestan Province.

Despite the fact that landmine areas have been cleared, explosion of mines and other explosives remaining from 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war often cause death and injuries.

During the war imposed by Iraq on Iran, 16 million landmines were planted in over 4,200,000 hectare of lands in the Iranian provinces bordering Iraq by the army of the former Ba'athist regime.

Dehloran is located in 180 km south of Ilam.

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