Tehran Compared to Taliban as Iranian Schoolgirls Targeted by Gas Attacks

‘This is payback for the girls who are protesting against the compulsory hijab,’ an exiled champion of women’s rights in Iran, Masih Alinejad, tells the Sun. ‘We need an outside organization to investigate this biological attack.’

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Activist Masih Alinejad speaks at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2023. AP/Markus Schreiber

As if the Iranian currency’s loss of value was not enough amid the extended anti-regime protests, the Islamic Republic seems at a loss when it comes to handling a new crisis: Taliban-like chemical or biological attacks on schoolgirls across the country. 

Authorities are looking into mysterious school poisoning cases in several cities. “At least 650 girls have been poisoned by toxic gas in Iran since November in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut,” the BBC reports under a headline claiming the regime is “investigating” the phenomenon.

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