February 26, 2023 3:58 p.m
Hundreds of cases have been reported in Qom and Borujerd in recent months, where schoolchildren around the age of 10 have been attacked
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In Iran in the last few months a Qomone of the most important religious cities in the country, Hundreds of little girls were poisoned at her school in a “deliberate way” like that Deputy Minister of Health. It was the goal close girls’ schools. Health and government sources, as well as local and international media, have revealed the unclear outlines of a gruesome story that, however, once again underscores the brutality of the authorities, intent on bloodily repressing dissent and gagging a woman.
Schools “centres” of political opposition to the regime The city of Qom, the setting of the story, is the center par excellence of Shia studies. Coincidentally, schools and universities are the very places where political opposition to the regime is forming, which the conservative authorities fear most and which they want to close down, as if to repeat the example of neighboring Afghanistan that did under the Taliban in education forbidden by girls.
February 14 Garrison of parents Since late November, local media have reported cases of respiratory poisoning in hundreds of girls as young as 10 in the city’s schools. According to the Irna agency, the students’ parents gathered outside the city governor on February 14 to “seek explanations,” while Deputy Health Minister Youness Panahi revealed that “it turned out that some individuals wanted all the schools, particularly the one female, we’re closed”. The poisoning, he later explained, was caused by “chemical compounds that are not available for military use and are neither contagious nor transmissible”. For their part, the intelligence and education ministries have merely stated that they are working together, to find the source of the poisoning At the moment, writes France Press, no arrests have been announced.
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Poisoning cases also in Borujerd In addition to Qom, the city of Borujerd in the center of the country was also the scene of similar episodes. In the past 48 hours, BBC Persian reports, more than 90 high school students have been hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning. It is not the first time similar cases have been mentioned in Iran. At the end of October, the case of 21-year-old university student Nebin Abdolmaleki, who died of poisoned alcohol, caused a stir. Also disturbing are the revelations of drugged or poisoned activists in prison who have been punished for taking part in the protests.
Released a Spanish citizen Meanwhile, a Spanish national, Ana Baneira, 24, who has been detained since November, has been released in the last 24 hours. The circumstances of the arrest have never been specified, but the period of detention coincides with the height of protests in Iran following the death of Masha Amini in September.
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