Hana: On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, a 45-year-old farmer from the village of Hasanabad in the city of Islamabad Gharb was severely injured in the hands and feet due to a mine explosion on an agricultural land. According to the reports received, this Kurdish citizen was seriously injured after the incident and was taken to medical center.
It should be noted that on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, another Kurdish citizen, identified as "Abdullah Sarafraz", a 23-year-old resident of the village of "Tueh" in the "Sardasht" district, was injured by a landmine.
By the end of 2016, more than 2,800 people had been killed and more than 7,000 injured in Iran, according to the International Campaign to Prevent Mines.
Ottawa Convention
Although Iran is one of the countries most affected by landmines and has a high number of victims, it has not yet joined the Ottawa Convention. The Ottawa Pact was created in 1997 to ban the use, accumulation, production, and transmission of anti-personnel mines and their destruction. So far, 164 countries have signed the treaty.
Iran's accession to the Ottawa Pact has many benefits for the country: The international community provides Iran with financial and technical facilities to clear mines and educate citizens in minefields and to support mine victims. Iran gets acquainted with the latest developments in this field and is regularly informed about the experiences of other countries in this field.