Islam Times - IRCS Head Announces Real Number of Tabas Mine Blast Victims

Islam Times - Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Pirhossein Koolivand announced the real number of the Tabas mine blast victims.

"The official and real death toll in the Tabas mine incident is 31 people," Koolivand said in a live interview with IRIB on Sunday night, saying that he can't confirm that 51 people were killed in the incident.

Doznes of miners were killed following a gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran's South Khorasan province.

The incident occurred at around 21:00 local time on Saturday in one of the mines of Tabas city.