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Who is poisoning Iranian schoolgirls? [1]
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Date: 2023-03-09
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Thousands of Iranian schoolgirls have fallen ill in recent weeks due to suspected poisoning yet no one knows who the culprit is. Is it the regime? Is it a pro-regime organization or group? The question still lingers but meanwhile fear has gripped communities across Iran as the country’s citizens are left in the dark. According to one report, Iranian human rights groups have said at least 7,068 students have been affected in a minimum of 103 schools. Attacks have been recorded in at least 99 cities out of 28 provinces of the country. The highest number of recorded attacks on one day was 81 attacks. These worrying poison attacks come on the heels of the massive protest movement that took off last year in the country under the banner of “woman, life, freedom.” The protest has seen hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets to protest Iran’s brutal regime.
“Based on the intelligence and research measures of the intelligence agencies, a number of people have been arrested in five provinces and the relevant agencies are conducting a full investigation,” the deputy interior minister, Majid Mirahmadi, told state television this week.
Numerous people have criticized the government’s handling of the incidents and several have been called in for questioning by the police. Many critics have accused state media for failing to cover the scale of the alleged attacks. The fact that the attacks have taken place across so vast a distance in so many provinces has led many to believe the attacks could only have been coordinated and carried out by the regime.
Concerned and furious parents are flocking to the streets in Tehran and other Iranian cities, confronting the regime and requesting explanations following a series of suspected poisoning incidents that affected hundreds of schoolgirls nationwide. These acts are being referred to as "intentional and targeted" efforts to prevent girls from receiving an education.
Seemingly under pressure, the regime finally relented and broke its silence over the attacks. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei said on Monday that the poisoning of schoolgirls is an "unforgivable" crime that should be punished by death if deliberate, according to Iran’s state TV.
"Authorities should seriously pursue the issue of students' poisoning," Khamenei was quoted as saying. "If it is proven deliberate, those perpetrators of this unforgivable crime should be sentenced to capital punishment."
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