This morning, land mine explosions in one of the Mehran border areas left one dead and two wounded.

According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a land mine clearance officer called Javad Derakhshan affiliated with the Demining Institution was killed while two other land mine clearance officers including Ghodrat Parseh and Mehdi Rezayi were due to mine explosion during the demining operation in the Changooleh border area of Mehran on Wednesday, October 25.

According to reports, Ghodrat Parseh has lost both his legs in this incident and was transferred by Air Emergency to one of the Ilam hospitals due to the severity of the injuries.