New cases of student poisoning are registered in Iran

According to news agencies Tasnim and Mehr, dozens of girls ended up in hospitals in the provinces of Hamedan (west), Zanjan and East Azerbaijan (northwest), Fars (south) and Alborz (north).

Despite respiratory problems, nausea and headaches, the students' health is not serious.

The UN and powers such as Germany have demanded explanations for the series of attacks on girls' schools that have occurred since the last wave of protests by women against Iran's disciplinary police – which arrest and attack those who do not wear the veil properly.

Poisoning of girls in Iran: UN and Germany demand answers

The UN and Germany demanded, this Friday (3), a “transparent investigation” to clarify “all cases” of poisoning of girls in schools in Iran. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for “a transparent investigation” and public conclusions. A series of gas attacks on girls' schools has killed Iranian girls since the latest wave of protests against the wearing of the veil and the country's morality police.

Already are hundreds of cases of gas poisoning recorded in the last three months in various establishments, not just schools, mainly in the holy city of Qom.

The young women's parents are asking the authorities for action.

What measures has the government taken?

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ordered on Friday (03) the Ministries of Interior and Intelligence to “stop the enemy’s conspiracy, which intends to create fear and despair among the population”. The leader did not, however, indicate the identity of this “enemy”.

The government announced an investigation into the origin of the poisoning, but no arrests have been made so far.

(Source: AFP)

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