
Death Toll After Explosion at Eastern Iran Coal Mine Rises to at Least 38 With 14 Still Missing
Published on September 23, 2024
TEHRAN, Iran—Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 38, officials said. Another 14 miners are still believed to be trapped below ground. The blast struck the coal mine in Tabas, about 540 kilometers (335 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran, on Saturday night. The state-run IRNA news agency on Monday reported the new death toll from the blast, as well as the number of missing. Survivors interviewed by Iranian state television, still smudged in coal dust, described chaotic scenes after the blast....
