TEHRAN: At least 14 soldiers were killed on Friday during operations to defuse unexploded ordnance in Iran´s northwestern Zanjan province, local media reported.
“Following enemy airstrikes using cluster bombs and aerial mines, parts of Zanjan province, including about 1,200 hectares of agricultural land, were contaminated by bombs,” Fars news agency reported, citing the country´s powerful Revolutionary Guards.
Revolutionary Guards specialists were working to clear the areas, and had neutralised more than 15,000 items, it added.
“However, today, during one of these missions, 14 of these dedicated forces were martyred and 2 were injured,” it said.
