TEHRAN, Mar 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, yesterday, ordered an immediate investigation into cases of reported schoolgirls’ poisoning in several cities.
Raisi issued the directive at a cabinet meeting, asking Interior Minister, Ahmad Vahidito, to remove parents’ worries and public concerns about the cases, according to the website of the president’s office.
Over the past three months, several mysterious poisoning cases have been reported in a number of girls’ schools, in different Iranian cities, mainly in the northern province of Qom.
The first case was reported on Nov 30, 2022, in Qom, where 18 schoolgirls were transferred to medical centres after displaying poisoning symptoms.
Later, other schools in Qom, the western province of Lorestan, the north-western province of Ardabil, the western province of Kermanshah and even the capital, also reported similar cases.
So far, more than 700 students in over 30 schools across the country have fallen victim to such incidents, it added, noting in most of the cases, the students were released from hospital soon after receiving treatment.
It was cited, Health Ministry Spokesman, Pedram Pakaein, as saying that, the reported poisoning is “not caused by a virus or a microbe and the symptoms are transient.”– NNN-IRNA
