these children are victims of a war that ended over half a century ago, landmines and explosive remnants of war are the cursed inheritance left to them by war.

up until the 20th century, the number of killed and injured caused by munitions left from wars was quite inconsequential, but the weaponry build during the first world war mandated new definition of unexploded munitions, left over from wars. access to more powerful weapons led to a greater number of deaths and thus more victories in battle, but no one was thinking of the other consequences of using such weapons. the predicament of the munitions left over from that war hadn't made itself fully evident yet when the second world war broke out with even more powerful and destructive weapons than those used in the first.

we witnessed destructive weaponry reach its peak near the end of the second world war, the atomic bombs the united states dropped on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nakazaki. the second world war not only saw the use of deadly weaponry, but also millions of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines being buried into the ground by all the waring parties. the destructive effects of this kind

of weapon only became clear after the war was over. the world was no longer safe for civilians. landmines and explosive remnance of war started causing casualties, cities, villages, the countryside, any place where a bullet was once fired, was potentially contaminated. the us army opened a new chapter in its fanatical use of deadly weapons during the vietnam war. they dropped millions of bombs from the skies and dessegraded the land by burying millions of minds.

exploded submunitions from cluster bombs used in this war were too many to count and are still found today in the countries dragged into the vietnam war, some even in the proximity of schools where children are studying. the international committee of the red cross, the icrc, estimates that up to 11,000 people have been killed or maimed by unexploded ordinances, 30% of whom have unfortunately been children.

an exact assessment of the amount of munitions left over by different wars is impossible. large numbers of these unexploded munitions are still discovered in places which used to be battlefields many decades ago. it's hard to believe. that a century after the end of the first world war, munitions containing mustard gas from that period have just recently been unearthed. this chart, depicting the amount of unexploded ordinance discovered in berlin between 1947 and 2011, makes it clear that we

should always expect to find leftover munitions in historical war zones. it appears the end of these unexploded munitions. is nowhere in sight, even though the war they were used in ended 70 years ago. landmines and explosive remnants of war are the terrifying legacy. mines are cheap to produce and th widely used in battles. they are indefinite activity and the unknown nature of their numbers and locations have made the world unsafe for civilians decades after the end of the war. landmines don't

distinguish between soldiers and civilians. each year approximately 7,500 people are killed or... are currently in danger of being killed by landmines. the risk from unexploded munitions is not just limited to accidents either. the people in some poorer regions collect these munitions in order to sell them or use the explosive materials inside. unfortunately,

such endeavors usually have deadly outcomes. mines and explosive remnance of war have been widely used in iran, afghanistan, angola, bosnia and herzegovina, cambodia, ethiopia, iraq, mozambique, nicaragua, somalia, sudan, and many other war stricken countries. all these countries are now grappling with the scurge of contaminated areas. iran had no... contaminated areas until 1980, however, the massive war which was about to start turned iran into the second most contaminated country at the time. iraq's bath regime

invaded iran in 1980 and orders of saddam, five of iran's provinces were under constant and heavy fire from saddam's army for eight years. after the iraqi bath forces suffered multiple defeats in the first years of the war, saddam resorted to defensive measures to stop the advance of iranian forces. the bath army turned to attritional warfare by creating dense and layered mine fields, building

obstacles, white trenches and bombarding iran's border provinces. the war ended after eight years. in addition to all the destruction, iran now had to start a new, quiet, but longer war. even though iraqi forces had withdrawn from iranian territory, iran's fight against the leftover. استفاده میکردن و سیم خوارددارهای حلقوی بعد از اونجا می رسیم به این سیمخوارداره ای که اینجا

به صورت فرشی قشنگ چیده شده حدود سی و چند ساله از این قضیه داره میگذره ولی کماکان رو زمین اون کار خودشو داره the estimated area of lands contaminated with mines and unexploded ordinance in iranian border provinces is truly astounding province 1.500 hectares, ilam province, 1,700,00 hectares, kermanshah province, 70000 hectares, kurdistan province, 15000 hectares, and west azerbaijan province, also 150,00 hectares. between them, these contaminated lands cover area larger than the whole of the netherlands. switzerland and other 121 countries, around 4.200, hectares.

the density of the iraqi mine fields left in iran don't match conventional military standards. some of these contaminated lands contain over 130 landmines per hectare, which is two to three times the amount commonly used in mine fields around the world. each of these red dots represents four

landmines, meaning the iraqi army planted 60,000 mines in this area. the demining operation in this region is still ongoing even after 30 years. saddam's government used over 20 million landmines and several millions of explosive ordinance on iranian soil. this made iran the... second most contaminated country at the time, after egypt. iranian armed forces would start the clearance of contaminated lands as they were liberating those occupied regions. the demining process continued for more than decade after the end of the war, and the large part of the contaminating. areas were eventually cleared. however, that method

could not achieve complete clearance due to the problems caused by the passage of time and the return of civilians to the region. after the initial clearance, a group of experts named the islamic republic of iran mine action center was assembled to organize implement and oversee the necessary requirements for humanitarian demining activities. this group was tasked not only with systematic demining, but with educating civilians who were at risk in order to reduce the potential number of deaths. the group also needed to have the ability to communicate with other foreign and domestic institutions. in order to expand international relations and convey the experience they had gained while clearing the

minefields of iran to the entire world. the geography and climate of each of the contaminated regions in iran are quite different and diverse. hot and arid plains, areas covered in sand, vast wetlands, deserts, high altitude mountainous. these can all be found in iran's five border provinces, landmines and unexploded munitions are spread out throughout these regions both. close to the surface and buried deep underground, no one is willing to build their house, start a farm, take their herds grazing, invest money or establish factory anywhere near a contaminated area. life can't continue in a place where you can't trust the ground you stand on, even if that place is otherwise a paradise. the islamic republic of iran mine

action center had a long اینجا یکیشم اون عقبه اینم عقب تراکتوره جاییه که راننده صندلیش مشخصه جایی که الان من تو تصویر نشان میدم اینجا جاییه که از رینگ رفته روی مین.

مردم عشایر منطقه یه بخشش اینجا تو این خونه های یهلا قشلاقی ساکنن محل حادثه با این.

no one knows exactly how many landmines and unexploded ordinants are buried in the ground and we... therefore cannot know when the last one is removed and complete clearance is achieved. both the surface and the depths of the ground need to be searched centimeter by centimeter. you would be heart-pressed to find anyone who believed that landmines and ordinance can move, but in fact seasonal floods can carry these mines and munitions and dump them near a farm or...

سال های گذشته نزدیک به ۳۰ سال گذشته توی میدون مینه ها هی اومده جنگل درست شده. دو ساعت ۳ ساعت بارندگی شدید ما داشته باشیم توی این منطقه این به شکل سیلاب در میاد که حتی تو قسمتها میاد نزدیک جاده اسفالت بالای که حدود یک کیلومتر و نیم فاصله داره قرار می گیره. اینجا ما تو عمق تقریباً نزدیک به دو متر هم تو غرب رود.

completely demine because of the flooding and the trees around it, so the local residents must constantly be ready for the river to send them a deadly gift, even if they live kilometers away, the shifting sands created a new landscape every day here. these same shifting sands have made life tremendously difficult for the iraqi forces during the war, because their very dense. mine fields were quickly buried under the dunes. they therefore had to build multiple mine fields in the same place to stop the advance of iranian forces. in some

regions up to six layers of mines were planted into the sand. the area of charber is several square kilometers and clearing it is extraordinarily difficult since every centimeter of the sands needs to be sifted through up to depth of 6 meters. in addition, the sand's shift and the height of the sand dunes changes almost every day. one thing the demining. squads need to keep in mind is that the minds stay active for years under the sand and sometimes become even more sensitive than before, the smallest

mishandling can lead to an explosion. "there is some probability of finding landmines in any area where military forces were once present, even if no conflict took place there. this is because mindfields are designed to be obstacles for enemy forces and any area considered to be a possible point of attack, will be ricked with mines. iraki forces created mind fields even in places that weren't a potential source of threat, and with hot..." این منطقه زالو آبه که بلندترین ارتفاعش اون ارتفاع کله قندی هست کل

این منطقه کله قندی دورش کلاً میدونم بود ۷۰ متر جلوتر مرز ما اونور قرار می گیره این یه خوشه بهش میگن خوشه چهارتایه صلیبی این مین مرکزیش مین والمراست پا بهش بخوره یا اون سیم طلش. این مین منهدم شده جاش مونده این میدونم امتداد داره میره تا جلو فکر می کنم سه چهار تا دیگه نوار داشته باشه اینجا هم ضد خودرو داره هم مین والمرا داره مین وی اس پنجا ضد نفر داره.

یه موقع هست که جاده اصلاً نداریم باید احداس بکنیم جاده رو که زمان زیادی میبره یه موقع هم هستش که جاده داره ولی به مرور زمان از بین رفته باید مرمت بشه که این کارو ما انجام دادیم الان ۸ کیلومتر جاده سازی توش انجام شده منطقه نزدیک صفر مرزیه الان پشت سر من این ارتفاع روبه رو صفر مرزیه این مینام خب.

if any of the clearance squad members is injured here, it'll take at least over an hour to get him to the nearest hospital, even in good weather.

این مینا مال ۳۰ ساله قبلن اینا. تقریباً ۱۰۰ متر اوورتر ما میله مرزی عراق عراق اونجا قرار داره زمستان که میشه بارش باران برف اینا رو جابه جا میکنه بار بارانی که بیاد این مین از اینجا جابه جا میشه می رو پوشش گیاهی داریم اینجا همه طب ماهور و پوشش الفزار و درخت ها ما اینو کنار ریشه درخت در میاریم. why the atomic bomb? why all the power? you

scientist! i blame for the weapons to be used, killing innocent people to get what? one, you're watching. i'm your host.

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