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Mine Blast in Ghasr-e-Shirin Kills 2
Navideshahed: 2 were killed as a mine left from Iran-Iraq War in the border town of Soumar of Ghasr-e-Shirin County went off.
According to Navideshahed quoting the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the Governor of Ghasr-e-Shirin on Monday announced this news and he said: “Due to the landmine explosion, the 53-year-old Seyed Ali Mortazavi from Qom city and 40-year-old Abulghasem Shamsi Niya from Sabzevar were martyred. These two persons were the members of Defense Ministry and they were martyred when they were neutralizing the landmines.”?
“These two persons were martyred when they were defusing the landmines which had been left in the ground since the Iran-Iraq War," Hussein Parviz added.
Despite of the immediate and great efforts of Mine Clearance Personnel, until now hundreds of people from the border cities of Kermanshah have been killed or injured as a result of stepping on the landmines left in the soil from the Iran-Iraq war era.
It should be noted that Ghasre Shirin is city located in West Kermanshah province. This city has more than 186 km joint borders with Iraq and this city was occupied by the Iraqi Baathist forces for two years during the Imposed War Era.
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According to Navideshahed quoting the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the Governor of Ghasr-e-Shirin on Monday announced this news and he said: “Due to the landmine explosion, the 53-year-old Seyed Ali Mortazavi from Qom city and 40-year-old Abulghasem Shamsi Niya from Sabzevar were martyred. These two persons were the members of Defense Ministry and they were martyred when they were neutralizing the landmines.”? “These two persons were martyred when they were defusing the landmines which had been left in the ground since the Iran-Iraq War," Hussein Parviz added. Despite of the immediate and great efforts of Mine Clearance Personnel, until now hundreds of people from the border cities of Kermanshah have been killed or injured as a result of stepping on the landmines left in the soil from the Iran-Iraq war era. It should be noted that Ghasre Shirin is city located in West Kermanshah province. This city has more than 186 km joint borders with Iraq and this city was occupied by the Iraqi Baathist forces for two years during the Imposed War Era. The End
