Crisis grows in Iran: Girls’ schools were poisoned

It was announced that 5 people were arrested in the Iranian province of Fars for using poison gas in schools.

According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iranian police spokesman Said Muntazarulmehdi shared the first details of the arrests related to the poisoning cases of female students, which has caused concern across the country. Muntazarulmehdi said: “5 people, 3 of whom are women, were arrested in the Laristan district of Fars province for throwing toxic substances in the garden of girls’ schools.”

Noting that it was determined that the suspects threw nitrogen gas in the gardens of 7 schools in the district, Muntazarulmehdi stated that they recorded the actions of the 3 women who were arrested, which led to the poisoning of 53 schoolgirls, and sent them to Television “ Iran International”, which is noted for its opposition to the Iranian regime.

Muntazarulmehdi said the suspects said during interrogation that their aim was to “create a negative perception about the Iranian administration and mistrust in schools.”

Deputy Home Minister Majid Mirahmedi, in his statement yesterday, announced that some people found to be related to the mass poisoning of students have been detained by intelligence teams in 5 states.

HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WALKED TO THE HOSPITAL

Since November 30, 2022, there have been cases of mass poisoning in schools where mostly female students are educated in Iran. Students present with symptoms such as shortness of breath, nausea, headache, and numbness in the extremities.

President Ibrahim Reisi appointed Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi, Intelligence Minister İsmail Hatib and Health Minister Bahram Aynullahi on March 1 to investigate the origin of the suspected cases. In a statement he made on March 3, the chief said “enemies of Iran” were responsible for the poisoning of the female students, saying: “Today, hostilities have increased with the progress of the country, the latest example of this is the attempt to create an environment of insecurity in schools and anxiety in families”.

Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a statement that he had instructed authorities to “take the incident seriously and punish the perpetrators with the most severe punishment,” in a statement amid growing concern. of the community.

The head of the judiciary, Gulam Hüseyin Muhsini Ejei, also said that the perpetrators of the poisoning cases would be tried with “execution”.

Mohammad Hasan Asferi, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s Commission for Investigation of Poisoning Cases, said in his statement yesterday that more than 5,000 students, mostly girls, have been poisoned in 230 schools in 25 provinces since November 30. 2022. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)