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"Iranian authorities say they are investigating the suspected poisoning of
hundreds of schoolgirls across the country.
The mysterious incidents may have been deliberate attacks designed to prevent
girls from seeking an education, officials said in recent days, after
previously downplaying the issue. Girls and young women have played a prominent
role in the protests that have rocked the Islamic Republic.
Local media reports suggest the poisonings have been going on for months and
involved dozens of schools in a range of cities, forcing young students to be
taken to the hospital after reports of smelling gas.
A wave of new cases were reported Wednesday, including a number of poisonings
of female high school students in the capital Tehran, according to the
semi-official Fars news agency. Emergency forces were dispatched to the scene
with parents claiming that some kind of spray in the school was the cause of
the poisoning, Fars reported.
More than 100 students were also hospitalized in the northwestern city of
Ardabil, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, after students in
seven schools reported the smell of gas."
Via Doug Senko.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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