Since early December 2022, more than 200 schoolgirls around the age of 10 in 12 schools in Qom and Borujerd, south of Tehran, have complained of symptoms of poisoning. Just yesterday, February 26, Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Youness Panahi virtually admitted that behind these cases was someone who intended to shut down girls’ schools, as is already happening in Afghanistan. On February 14, Irna agency reports, a group of parents protested in front of the city governor’s headquarters to “demand explanations.” As BBC Persia reported, the Iranian deputy minister said the serial poisonings were caused by “readily available chemical compounds,” which ruled out the possibility that the substances used came from a military environment or could be contagious. In light of initial findings from the investigation by Iran’s Ministry of Education and Intelligence, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Health said, “It emerged that some individuals wanted all schools, particularly girls’ schools, to be closed.” No arrests were announced at the moment.
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