The statement released on Monday said one of the three persons killed by the lightning was a farmer who was working on his farm in Sahneh when he was hit by a lightning.
The second death in the city was reported when a 39-year-old man was struck by lightning while climbing a mountain.
With a population of 76,000, Sahneh is 55 kilometers east of Kermanshah, the capital of Kermanshah province.
A 60-year-old woman was also reported dead in lightning in Gilangharb city, western Iran, on Sunday, said the provincial police.
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