New cases of poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls were listed on Saturday March 4 in at least five provinces by the media, while the mystery persists on this case of poisoning which causes strong emotion in the country.
Dozens of young girls were transferred to hospitals in the provinces of Hamedan (west), Zanjan and West Azerbaijan (northwest), Fars (south) and Alborz (north), Tasnim agencies reported and More. The general state of health of these students, suffering from respiratory problems, dizziness or headaches, is not considered serious, according to them.
In total, several hundred cases of gas poisoning in dozens of establishments have been reported in the past three months, including in the holy city of Qom. This mysterious case provoked mobilizations of parents of students worried about their children and asking the authorities to act.
President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday asked the interior and intelligence ministries to “to frustrate the plot of the enemy which aims to create fear and despair of the population”. He gave no indication of the identity of this ” enemy “.
UN calls for ‘transparent investigation’
The authorities have criticized, as an interference in the affairs of the country, the call launched Friday by German diplomacy to elucidate ” all cases “ in that case “shocking” of poisoning. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has also requested “a transparent investigation” and public conclusions.
The government has announced an investigation into the origins of the poisoning, but no arrests have been announced at this stage. Last week, an official from the Ministry of Health explained that “certain individuals” sought, through these actions, to “close all schools, especially girls’ schools”. This version has not been taken over by other maintainers.
This case comes as Iran has been shaken by a protest movement since the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a young woman detained by the morality police who accused her of having broken the strict dress code imposing in particular on women the headscarf.