Iran Investigates Hundreds of Alleged Poison Attacks Against Schoolgirls

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The head of the World Health Organization's mission to Iran, Syed Jaffar Hussain, said the WHO was in contact with Iranian health authorities and medical professionals, and were using other means as well to understand more about the event.
52% :Iran doesn't have a history of fundamentalists targeting girls' education, which the Islamic Republic has promoted for 40 years.
46% : Most of the affected in Iran are in elementary, secondary or high school.
43% :Nitrogen dioxide also forms from vehicles and power plant emissions, which have contributed to the high levels of air pollution in Iran.
40% : The number of such incidents has picked up sharply in recent days, with at least 17 cases reported in Tehran and three other cities on Wednesday, according to Iranian officials, teachers and students.
40% : Since late January, the frequency of incidents has picked up, with 26 schools affected, according to the teachers union, including in Qom, Tehran, Ardabil, Kermanshah, Boroujerd and Isfahan.
36% : The United Nations investigated a spate of alleged poisonings of schoolgirls in Afghanistan between 2012 and 2016, including with toxicology tests, and found no trace of chemical gas or poison, according to a former U.N. official with insight into the probe.

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