Written by Shorsh Mohi
The poisoning of young Iranian girls in different cities of Iran, especially Qom, is still increasing. Since the end of November, hundreds of cases of respiratory poisoning have been reported in several schools and institutions in Qom, one of the main religious and cultural centers of Iran, and cases have also been recorded in Tehran, Shiraz and Ardabil, Urmia, Kermanshah, Ilam, Kamiaran and Divandareh. The government has not precisely determined the cause of the poisonings, but notes that the poisonings could be the work of religious fanatics who want to prevent girls from going to school. Following the wave of protests that started with the death of Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish girl, on September 16, while she was in the custody of Iran's moral police. In Tehran, hundreds of teenage students protested and went on strike in protest against the compulsory veil. And many took off their hijab (Islamic hijab) in protest. And this was a fatal blow to the politics of the Islamic Republic.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is founded on a religious government that deprives people of freedom of clothing and the right to choose, and this opposition and removal of the hijab was a strong blow to the structure of the religious system in Iran.
The fear of the Islamic Republic regime of the resumption of protests and the joining of the gray group to the voice of women, life, freedom, forced the high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic to murder, mass arrests, torture, rape, and the physical removal of opponents, and in the latest crime, the chemical attack on schools. It is made for girls and boys.
Younes Panahi, Deputy Minister of Education, has stated in recent days about the case of serial poisoning of female students in the country, that the serial poisoning of female students in the religious city of Qom and other cities was "intentional". According to Panahi, "it turned out that some people wanted to close all schools, especially girls' schools". According to the deputy minister, "the chemicals used to poison the students are not war chemicals, and the poisoned students do not need treatment or antidote, and a large percentage of the chemicals used can be treated."
Homayoun Sameh Najafabadi, a member of the health and treatment commission of the parliament, also emphasized that the poisoning of female students in Qom and Borujerd schools was intentional. These statements come after Yousef Nouri, the Minister of Education, called the news of the poisoning of female students a rumor and claimed that the students who were taken to the hospital suffered from food poisoning. However, cases continued and last January 25, Lorestan Deputy Governor Majid Man'ami confirmed that 50 female high school students in Borujerd in western Iran were poisoned again. However, as journalist Fereshteh Sadeghi reported on Twitter, the poisoning in Borujerd has spread to other schools, including the boys' high school, and the number of infected boys and girls has reached 250.
Recently, the chairman of the parliament's education commission announced that N2 gas is the cause of student poisoning.
The chain of poisoning in other schools is not limited to Qom city. Now it has been extended to other cities such as Ardabil, Tehran and Borujard, Khorasan, Kermanshah, Ilam, Divandareh, Mahabad.
The number of students who have been taken to health centers with poisoning symptoms is not known. But as Zahra Sheikhi, the spokesperson of the Health and Medical Commission of the Parliament said, the poisoning of 1000 students was reported to this commission until February 27.
In recent days, a joint meeting was held between the Education Committee of the Parliament, the Ministers of Health and Education and the representatives of the Ministry of Intelligence regarding the poisoning of students.
Experts classify the toxicity of organophosphates based on the duration of exposure as follows:
Occurrence of acute effects within a few minutes to 24 hours
Occurrence of subacute effects between 24 hours and 2 weeks after exposure
Chronic effects occur weeks to years after exposure
The symptoms of poisoning are short-term or long-term, but long-term exposure to organophosphorus causes long-term symptoms.
Also, the symptoms depending on the severity of contact vary from mild to severe.
In acute and chronic exposure to organophosphorus, the following problems arise:
Drowsiness
Diarrhea, nausea and vomiting
Muscle tremors
convulsions
increased urination
Shrinking of the pupil
Changes in heart rhythm and other cardiovascular symptoms
Increased production of saliva and tears
sweat
Memory loss
Confusion and anxiety
Difficulty breathing
Headache
Delusion
Emotional changes
Symptoms of organophosphorus poisoning appear after a few minutes and it takes several weeks to fix them.
With these definitions, we can conclude that the regime of the Islamic Republic is using poisons that are used in the preparation of chemical bombs and that are available cheaply and abundantly in the market, such as organophosphorus, on the way to attack defenseless students who only want to get rid of tyranny and autocracy they raise their fists. Although the world is only an observer, with the hope of freedom.
References :
Guardian, Tejarat News