In Iran, countless schoolgirls have been poisoned in various girls’ schools for weeks. The country’s authorities believe the crimes are planned. Hundreds of cases of shortness of breath in schoolgirls have been reported since November. It is believed that religious fanatics are trying to keep girls out of school with the attacks.
As Iran’s Tasmin news agency reported, “several students from Chayyam girls’ school in the city of Pardis in Tehran province were poisoned on Tuesday.” About three dozen girls were taken to hospitals with symptoms of poisoning.
Parents and some politicians assume that unknown zealots want to take schoolgirls to the hospital. It is suspected that, given the protest movement in Iran, they also want to force the closure of girls’ schools in the Islamic country.
According to reports, the first such incidents were reported as early as November 2022, when nationwide protests against leadership in Tehran were in full swing. The protests were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini. The young woman died on September 16 after vice police arrested her in Tehran for violating the strict dress code.
Hundreds of cases have already been reported
Since then, hundreds of cases of shortness of breath in schoolgirls have been reported in at least two other cities, including the city of Qom. On Sunday, students of a girls’ school in Borujerd were hospitalized with mysterious poisoning.
Poisoning also a problem in parliament
On Tuesday, even the parliament in Tehran discussed the poisoning cases. According to the state news agency IRNA, Health Minister Bahram Ejnollahi also attended the meeting. IRNA quoted Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as saying that both Qom and Boroujerd were facing “poisoning of schoolgirls”.
Vice President Massumeh Ebtekar on Tuesday lamented the “repeated crime of poisoning girls”. She called on the Iranian authorities to “put an end to the misogynistic zealots once and for all”. Health Minister Ejnollahi announced a swift investigation into the incidents.
Source: Krone
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