Hundreds of girls appear to have been overcome by noxious fumes.
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily press briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2023.The White House on Thursday said the Biden administration does not know what is causing the apparent poisoning of schoolgirls in"It's deeply concerning news coming out of Iran.
Kirby wouldn't say if the U.S. would consider sanctions in reaction to any intentional poisoning. He also wouldn't say if the U.S. would take the Iranian investigation at face value. Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran appeared to have been overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds, state media and theOfficials in Iran's theocracy initially dismissed these incidents but now describe them as intentional attacks involving some 30 schools identified in local media reports, with some speculating they could be aimed at trying to close...
"After several poisonings of students in Qom schools, it was found that some people wanted all schools, especially girls' schools, to be closed," IRNA quoted Younes Panahi, a deputy health minister, as saying.
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