Over 700 Schoolgirls Poisoned In Iran Across 50 Schools

Since November, toxic gas has poisoned hundreds of school-girls in Iran. The poisonings have increased parental fear throughout Iran’s months of unrest.

Authorities acknowledged that more than 50 schools may have been impacted by a wave of potential cases as the crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls grew on Sunday. 

Due to months of unrest in Iran, the poisonings have increased parents’ fear, according to the Associated Press (AP).

According to a BBC report, since November, nearly 700 girls in Iran have been poisoned by toxic gas in what many believe to be an intentional effort to shut down their schools. 

No girls have perished, but dozens have experienced fatigue, nausea, dizziness, and respiratory issues.

It is unclear who or what is to blame for these occurrences. According to reports, suspected cases have been reported in schools across 21 of Iran’s 30 provinces.

Following the attacks, there are now worries that other girls may also be poisoned, ostensibly for simply attending school. 

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, more than 40 years have passed with almost no issues affecting girls’ access to education. 

Iran has urged the Afghan Taliban government to reinstate female students in schools and universities.

According to the state-run IRNA news agency, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi stated on Saturday that investigators found “suspicious samples” while looking into the incidents. He urged everyone to remain calm.

On the other hand, the attorney general disclosed that he had launched a criminal inquiry. He claimed that the information at hand only suggested “the prospect of criminal and pre planned acts,” though.

President Ebrahim Raisi declared an inquiry into the incidents on Wednesday after the gas poisoning attack garnered attention from the international media.

After the attacks, months-long, large-scale demonstrations against the clerical Iranian regime, led by Iranian women and girls, broke out in response to the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who passed away in custody after being detained by the morality police for improperly donning her headscarf. Mahsa was arrested by the morality police.

The girls reportedly smelled strongly of cleaning products, chlorine, or rotten tangerines before developing headaches, vertigo, nausea, and respiratory issues. Even some of them temporarily lost use of their limbs.

Fatemeh Rezai, an 11-year-old girl, was treated for the poisoning but later died from “an primary infection and was not poisoned,” according to her family and the physician who cared for her.

Videos of kids complaining about leg, stomach, and vertigo pain were posted on social media as more threats were reported on Sunday. These have primarily been referred to as “hysteric reactions” in state media.

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Social media is flooded with videos of worried parents and schoolgirls with IVs in their arms in emergency rooms.