Students from across five provinces receive treatment as president asks ministers to investigate latest cases
Dozens of Iranian schoolgirls across five provinces have been admitted to hospital in a new wave of suspected poisoning attacks, according to local media.have been reported over the past three months among schoolgirls mainly in the city of Qom, south of Tehran, with some needing hospital treatment.
Dozens had been transferred to local hospitals for treatment, the reports said, adding that all students were in generally good condition. The foreign ministry spokesperson, Nasser Kanaani, said an investigation into the poisonings was “one of the immediate priorities of the government, to alleviate the concerns of the families and to hold perpetrators accountable”.On Wednesday, at least 10 girls’ schools were targeted with poisoning attacks, seven in the north-west city of Ardabil and three in the capital, Tehran, according to media reports.
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