An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said some people were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.Since late November, hundreds of cases of respiratory poisoning have been reported among schoolgirls mainly in Qom, south of Tehran, with some needing hospital treatment.On Sunday the deputy health minister, Younes Panahi, implicitly confirmed the poisonings had been deliberate.
Image source- ReutersAfter the poisoning of several students in Qom schools, it was found that some people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed, the IRNA state news agency quoted Panahi as saying.He did not elaborate. So far, there have been no arrests linked to the poisonings.
Last week, Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri ordered a judicial probe into the incidents.The poisonings come as Iran has been rocked by protests since the December 16 death in custody of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini for an alleged violation of country’s strict dress code for women.Comment down your exclamation about this henious crime againts humanity.
