huzistan province 1,5000 hectares. ilam province, 1,700,00 hectares.iraqi mine fields left in iran don't match conventional military standards. some of these contaminated lands contain over 130 land. this region of iran near the iraqi border covers 300 hectares, 100 of which was turned into mine fields by iraq. each of these red dots represents four land mines, meaning the iraqi army planted 60,00 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 contaminated areas were eventually cleared. however, that method could not achieve complete clearance due to the problems caused by the passage of time and the