President orders probe into deadly mine incident in Semnan
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian instructed the industry minister to immediately follow up a deadly mine incident in the central province of Semnan.
Pezeshkian expressed sympathy with the families of the victims of the incident in which seven miners, including three Afghan nationals, lost their lives after they were suffocated by gas in a coal mine located in the village of Mehmandovieh in the city of Damghan.
The president also emphasized the need to dispatch expert teams to investigate the causes behind the accident which occurred Monday afternoon.
Safety measures may have been disregarded, a report said.
Reports indicate that the mine was not officially operational at the time, and that the matter is under investigation.
Last week, an iron ore mine collapsed, killing one worker in the country’s northwest. Meanwhile, an explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed dozens of workers in September.