Hamshahri Newspaper: 430 miners have been killed in the last 10 years

Hamshahri newspaper reports that in the 1990s, more than 3,000 mining accidents, 13,000 injured workers and 430 miners were killed.

Criticizing the lack of safety regulations in the mines, a miner told the newspaper: "Gas metering is not done continuously and if a worker's light breaks down, he has to repair it himself."