Iranian schoolgirls poisoned In a shocking development, students in Iran are facing their worst attack ever as several schools reported that some “unknown” substance was being fed to their pupils, resulting in sudden collapse.
Some people were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom, according to IRNA, a state news agency. Quoting an Iranian deputy minister, the news agency reported that “some unknown” people were doing this “deliberately” to close educational institutions for girls.
On social media platforms, several videos of schoolgirls fainting on school premises in Tehran are not new. According to the state news agency, this was not the first time such incidents were reported in the media, but had been reported several times since November last year.
no arrest
Although this has been happening for the past four months, Deputy Health Minister Younes Panahi acknowledged it for the first time on Sunday. State media quoted the minister as saying, “After poisoning several students in Qom schools, it was found that some people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed.” Neither the minister elaborated on the details nor confirmed whether the probe agencies have arrested any person in connection with the cases.
The matter turned serious when some parents protested outside the school and demanded clarification from the school as well as the investigating officers.
Although government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi insisted that the Ministry of Intelligence and Education was trying to reach the motive behind such actions, so far no follow-up action had been taken by the authorities.
Iran’s brutality against women
Major concern regarding women The country has been simmering since the “death in custody” of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also known as Zina Amini. Initially, she was detained by the Morality Police for not wearing a black headscarf (hijab) properly in a public place. A day after her arrest, she was admitted to a hospital, where Iranian police claimed the woman had suffered a heart attack. However, later, several local media reported that the post-mortem report claimed that she died due to multiple fractures. This sparked a major uproar against the then government, where protesters began demanding the death of their own president, Ibrahim Raisi. So far, human rights watchdog groups have claimed that nearly 500 people have been killed and another 18,200 detained by authorities in the past three months.