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 Hamadan and Zandjan (West) as well as Western Azerbaijan (North-West), Fars (South) and Alborz (North), the agencies reported. Tasnim and Mehr. 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, especially 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.
The President, Ebrahim Raisi, on Friday asked the interior and intelligence ministries to “defeat the enemy’s plot which aims to create fear and despair among the population”. He gave no indication of the identity of this “enemy”.
UN calls for ‘transparent investigation’
The authorities criticized, as an interference in the affairs of the country, the call launched Friday by the German diplomacy to elucidate “all the cases” in this “shocking” case of poisoning. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also called for “a transparent investigation” and public findings.
The government has announced an investigation into the origins of the poisoning, but no arrests have been announced at this stage. Last week, a health ministry official explained that “certain individuals” were seeking, 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 rocked 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 dress code, which imposes on women wearing the veil.