Hundreds of girls are hospitalized this Saturday after gassing at least nine schools in Iran, in the midst of a wave of poisonings at women’s education centers in the Persian country.

Iranian authorities and official media confirmed the poisonings this Saturday in nine schools from the same number of cities in the countrybut activist groups bring the number of affected women’s education centers to 40 today.

At least 27 students from a school in the southern city of Kavar were hospitalized after nausea and dizzinesstold the agency tasnim This was announced by the representative of the department of education of the province Hamidreza Shabani.

The source indicated that young They are allright”.

Otherwise 30 pupils from a school in the city of Urmiain northwestern Iran were hospitalized this morning with symptoms of intoxication, Tasnim reported without citing official sources.

In the northern city of Zanjan, the toll has risen to 29 young people who have been taken to hospital and are in good condition, according to the president of the city’s Medical Sciences University, Shargh newspaper reported.

Two schools in the cities of Hamedan and Kabudarakhang in the east of the country also suffered from poisoning, causing hospitalization of 77 studentsof which 13 remain under medical supervision, Sharg said.

In addition, students from one of the schools in Karaj, neighboring Tehran, were also in a state of intoxication, which was repeated in the cities of Tabriz, Basman and Stardadashi, according to the same newspaper.

The activist collective 1500tasvir reported cases of gas poisoning in 40 cities across the country, including Tehran, Shahriar, Pakdasht, Borujerd, Safadasht, Lahijan and Rasht.

Activists posted on social media videos of parents at the door of schools and educational institutions in different cities of the country, shouting slogans against the government for this wave of poisonings, which has already affected more than a thousand students of women’s educational centers.

These incidents began in the Shiite holy city of Qom in November and have intensified in recent days.

Young women suffered from headaches, heart palpitations, nausea, dizziness, and sometimes the inability to move their limbs after smelling rotten orange and cleaning products.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi confirmed yesterday that the country’s “enemies” are carrying out these gas attacks to cause chaos, and assured that he will put an end to this “plot”.

The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Intelligence are investigating the poisonings, but so far have not reported any progress that would clarify what is happening in a country where women’s education has not been questioned in the 43 years of the existence of the Islamic republic.

popular discontent

These incidents are fueling public discontent, especially among parents, given the government’s ineffectiveness in stopping attacks that seem destined to paralyze students’ education.