Iran investigates 'mysterious poisoning' of schoolgirls as wave spreads

Mar 01, 2023 View Original Article
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56% : From Qom, it has gradually spread to other cities in recent days, including Tehran.
50% :READ: Iran launches air defence drills over two-thirds of its airspace
41% : It comes after months of protests in Iran, which were marred by violence.
39% : Hundreds of schoolgirls have been hospitalised in different cities across Iran since November last year in what has been described as a wave of a mysterious illness.
37% : Chairing a cabinet meeting in the capital, Tehran, Raisi instructed Interior Minister, Ahmad Vahidi, to find the cause of the mysterious poisoning, which has sent hundreds of schoolgirls to hospitals in recent weeks, "as quickly as possible".
36% : Addressing a press conference in Tehran, Interior Minister, Vahidi, said no one had so far been paralysed as a result of the poisoning.

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