The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described as ‘unforgivable’, the recent poisoning of some school girls across dozen of schools.
The cases of the mysterious poisoning started in November 2022 and since then, hundreds of schoolgirls, in exclusive girls’ schools, have been treated in hospitals across the country.
Khamenei said: “The perpetrators of this crime must be severely punished. There will be no amnesty for such people.”
This was the first time that Khamenei, who has the final say in all major state matters, has commented on the poisonings that have worried parents across the country.
Parents and relatives are outraged, especially as there is still no official explanation.
Iran’s government believes the girls are being deliberately poisoned, perhaps by groups opposed to girls’ education.
Doctors have suggested some sort of toxic gas could be the source of the attacks.
