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Iran Official: Coal Mine Collapse Kills 2, Injures 1

Associated Press

   TEHRAN - Iran's state-run IRNA news agency is reporting that a mine
   collapse has killed two miners and injured another in the central
   province of Semnan.

   The Thursday report quotes Damghan Gov. Aliasghar Majd as saying:
   "After one of the Alborz-e Sharghi coal mine's tunnels collapsed before
   noon today, two people died."

   He said the injured miner is in good condition. Majd did not mention
   the reason for the collapse.

   Majd said 95 miners work in the coal mine.

   In May 2017, 42 people died in a Zemestanyurt coal mine explosion in
   northern Golestan province.

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