Landmine kills 3, injures 1 in western Iran

TEHRAN

A landmine explosion in western Iran killed three people and injured one more, according to local media on Friday.

The mine, a remnant of 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, exploded in the Mehram district of the Ilam city that borders Iraq, Iranian state television reported.

*Writing by Burak Bir

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