Opinion: The apparent poisoning of schoolgirls is just one part of Iran’s health crisis
On the first day back to school in April, after time off to celebrate the Persian New Year, students in Iran were greeted with another apparent chemical attack. This was just the most recent in a monthslong series of reports of students, in particular girls, apparently being poisoned.
These chemical attacks, as they have been called, began in November 2022 and have escalated in recent months. Starting in February, the international community became aware of large numbers of students all over the country, mostly girls, becoming ill after reported exposure to some kind of toxic gas at school. At least two have reportedly died as a result.
