Iranian search crews have found seven more bodies at the site of last week’s coal mine explosion in northern Golestan province, raising the number of confirmed fatalities in the incident to 42, state TV reported on Tuesday. The explosion last Wednesday at Zemestanyurt mine has been blamed on methane gas that had accumulated in the mine. The incident is believed to be the worst industrial accident to strike Iran in the last few decades. On Sunday, angry coal miners and relatives of those killed or injured in the explosion kicked and beat a car carrying Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as he tried to leave after visiting the Zemestanyourt mine. This is not the first disaster to strike Iran’s mining industry.

Source: Egypt Independent May 09, 2017 09:22 UTC