This collective poisoning affair began at the end of November 2022 when the media reported the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
The UN joined his voice on Friday March 3 to that of the German diplomacy head to request a “transparent investigation” in order to elucidate “all cases” of poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran. “The information about Sécolières poisoned in Iran is shocking,” wrote the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, on Twitter. “All cases must be elucidated,” she demands.
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has also requested “a transparent investigation” and public conclusions. “We are very concerned about these allegations according to which girls are deliberately targeted in what seems to be mysterious circumstances,” journalists in Geneva Ravina Shamdasani told High Commissioner Ravina.
This collective poisoning affair began at the end of November 2022, when the media reportedly reported in the airways of hundreds of girls aged about 10 years in the schools of the holy city of Qom ( center). Cases were also noted this week in Tehran, after a series of attacks attributed to opponents of the schooling of girls.
The spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Harris, said that the agency was in contact with national health authorities and health professionals about these incidents, and “used other ways to better understand the event so that we have better evidence.” The case caused a wave of anger in the country, where voices denounced the silence of the authorities in the face of the growing number of schools affected.