Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi says the issue of schoolgirl poisonings across the country amounts to a “crime and an inhumane act” committed by the enemies against the nation.
Raisi issued strict orders for pursuing the issue of poisoning the students and proper news dispatching about it, stressing this new plot of the enemy is quite an inhumane crime.
Speaking during his cabinet meeting on Sunday, Iran’s president referred to the intelligence minister’s report and surveys about the poisoning of s number of students in different Iranian cities, reiterating, “This is the new plot of the enemy aimed at intimidating the students, our dear children, and their parents, is an inhumane crime.”
He emphasized the need for pursuing the issue and dispatching news precisely and on time, and ordered the concerned organization to ease the people’s worries.
“This move is another ring in the chain of the enemy’s plots aimed at creating tension in the society, disturbing the public opinion and horrifying the offspring of this land and territory, and its roots need to be identified and seriously dealt with,” added President Raisi.
Since November 2022, some Iranian students have reported symptoms of poisoning while in school. In most cases, students suffered respiratory problems, nausea, fatigue and dizziness, while some were hospitalized.
According to a report, President Ebrahim Raisi says the issue of schoolgirl poisonings across Iran amounts to a “crime and an inhumane act” committed by the enemies against the nation.
“The enemy’s new conspiracy of creating fear in the hearts of students… and their parents is a crime and an inhumane act,” Raeisi said in an address to a cabinet session on Sunday.
The president ordered Iranian officials to swiftly probe into the case and inform people about its whereabouts to allay their concerns.
He emphasized that the move is “another link in the chain of the enemy’s plots” which has been carried out to create chaos in the country, manipulate public opinion, and instill fear among the students.
The Iranian chief executive stressed the importance of finding the main perpetrators of the act and dealing with them seriously.
Since November 2022, some Iranian students have reported symptoms of poisoning while in school. The outbreak started in Qom before expanding to other cities.
In most cases, students suffered respiratory problems, nausea, fatigue and dizziness, while some were hospitalized.
On Friday, President Raeisi announced that he had tasked the ministers of intelligence and interior with pursuing the poisoning cases.
“Through its hybrid war, the enemy sought to create despair among the people. And recently through its psychological war… the enemy sought to create stress and fear among students and parents so as to spark riots,” he said.
Earlier, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani also said the country has recently been targeted by an intensifying media campaign to deflect attention from the unrest and internal crisis plaguing the Israeli regime.
Kanaani, however, stressed that concealing the truth will not save the Israeli regime from its doomed future and collapse.
In recent months, Israel has been hit by massive and sometimes violent protests against the far-right cabinet headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israelis are angry at his policies, particularly his so-called judicial reforms.
