A government official said the attacks were believed to be an attempt to force the closure of girls’ schools. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TEHERAN - Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran were hospitalised on Tuesday after a mysterious poisoning, an Iranian news agency reported, the latest in a spate of suspected attacks in the Islamic republic.
“Today at noon, a number of students were poisoned at the Khayyam Girls’ School in the city of Pardis, Teheran province,” Tasnim news agency reported. Iran’s parliament held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the suspected attacks in the presence of Health Minister Bahram Eynollahi, the official IRNA news agency reported.
“After the poisoning of several students in Qom schools, it was found that some people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed,” IRNA quoted him as saying at the time.Activists have compared those responsible for the attacks on schools to the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Boko Haram in the Sahel, who oppose girls’ education.
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