Ilam, IRNA – Explosion of a landmine remaining from 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War in Dehloran, western Iran, has killed one person and injured two more, said a provincial medical official.

Speaking to IRNA, Abdolsaheb Sharifi said that the blast happened in Cham Hendi village, Dasht Abbas, Dehloran.

He added that emergency forces and helicopter were dispatched to accident site.

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.

Despite the fact that landmine areas have been cleared, explosions of mines and other explosive devices remaining from the war often causes death and injuries.

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