Iran's supreme leader calls wave of schoolgirl poisonings 'unforgivable'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : In recent days, Germany's foreign minister, a White House official and others have called on Iran to do more to protect schoolgirls - a concern Iran's foreign ministry has dismissed as "crocodile tears".
40% : Iran has been calling on the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan to allow girls and women return to school and universities.
39% : In 2014 in Iran there was a wave of acid attacks around the city of Isfahan, at the time believed to have been carried out by hardliners targeting women for how they dressed.
30% : However, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom noted that Iran had "continued to tolerate attacks against women and girls for months" amid the recent protests.

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