An explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran killed at least 35 people on Wednesday, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.
The explosion occurred outside the town of Azadshahr in Golestan province in the Zemestan Yurt mine, ILNA said.
"Unfortunately, all miners trapped in the wreckage lost their lives," Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Ali Rabiei told the press.
Shahin Fathi, Head of the Iran Red Crescent Search and Rescue Unit, said more than 40 miners had been trapped and six of them were rescued with injuries.
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An explosion in a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday killed at least 21 workers and injured scores, state media reported, APA reports quoting Reuters.
The blast occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time (0745 GMT) in the Zemestanyurt mine when workers tried to jump-start a locomotive.
"Twenty-one bodies of workers ...have been taken out of the mine ...So far there have been 69 injured," a regional official in Golestan province told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Iranian media said more than 30 of the injured were transferred to nearby hospitals.
The semi-official Fars news agency reported earlier that more than 50 workers were trapped in a two-kilometre-long tunnel filled with gas that hampered rescue efforts.
The mine has 500 workers and the explosion happened during a change of shift, Fars reported.
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