Tag: landmines

Iranian official criticized for silence on land mines

  The Cultural Heritage News Agency has criticized Massoud Soltanifar, the head of the Cultural Heritage Organization, for failing to address the death of a traveller in Shahdad Dessert last month due to a land mine explosion. The report laments the fact that Soltanifar failed to mention the incident at his press conference and, “without […]

Qasr-e Shirin tallies casualties, damage from landmine explosions

  Officials in the western Iranian city of Qasr-e Shirin report that it has been the site of 84 landmine explosions in the past two years. IRNA reports that in a meeting to review landmine-clearing efforts in the affected areas, the Qasr-e Shirin governor’s office reported that in the past two years, 10 people have […]