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Gas Leak at Iranian Coal Mine Kills 7 Workers 

Iranians ride a motorcycle on a rainy day in Tehran on April 5, 2025. (AFP)
Iranians ride a motorcycle on a rainy day in Tehran on April 5, 2025. (AFP)
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Gas Leak at Iranian Coal Mine Kills 7 Workers 

Iranians ride a motorcycle on a rainy day in Tehran on April 5, 2025. (AFP)
Iranians ride a motorcycle on a rainy day in Tehran on April 5, 2025. (AFP)

A gas leak at a coal mine in northern Iran killed seven workers, three of whom were Afghanis, state media said Tuesday.

President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered a probe into the incident, which occurred Monday afternoon near the city of Damghan, some 270 kilometers (170 miles) northwest of the capital, Tehran, according to a report by the official IRNA news agency.

Safety measures may have been disregarded, the report said. Industrial accidents reportedly kill some 700 workers in Iran each year.

Last week, an iron ore mine collapsed, killing one worker in the country's northwest. In September, an explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed dozens of workers.

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UK Lifts Sanctions against Syria's Defense Ministry, Intelligence Agencies

The Union Jack flag is flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
The Union Jack flag is flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
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UK Lifts Sanctions against Syria's Defense Ministry, Intelligence Agencies

The Union Jack flag is flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
The Union Jack flag is flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo

Britain on Thursday lifted assets freezes on Syria's defense and interior ministries, and a range of intelligence agencies, reversing sanctions imposed during Bashar al-Assad's presidency.
The West is rethinking its approach to Syria after insurgent forces led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted Assad as president in December after more than 13 years of civil war, Reuters reported.
A notice posted online by the British finance ministry said the Syrian Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defense and General Intelligence Directorate were among 12 entities no longer subject to an asset freeze.
The notice did not set out reasons for the de-listing.
In March, the government unfroze the assets of Syria's central bank and 23 other entities including banks and oil companies.
The British government has previously stressed that sanctions on members of the Assad regime would remain in place.