The organized chemical attacks on schools resume: 10 new attacks recorded in four cities

Hengaw: Monday, April 24, 2023

 Organized chemical attacks on schools continued with ten new attacks on educational centers in Sanandaj, Hamadan, Karaj, and Tehran, during which dozens of students were poisoned and taken to medical centers.

 According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Monday, April 24, 2023, five chemical attacks were carried out on girls' schools of different educational levels in Sanandaj city, which resulted in the poisoning of the students and their transfer to medical centers.

 In these attacks, Nasiba Girls' High School in Sanandaj, where a chemical attack was reported last week, was targeted once again.

 Also, these attacks were reported in Maedeh and Mastoreh Ardalan high schools in Sanandaj, and in the isolated urban area of ​​Hassan Abad of this city, Esmat and Meraj's schools were attacked, in which at least 20 students were poisoned and taken to medical centers.

 At the same time, a chemical attack was carried out on the "Fatemeh Pezeshki" girls' high school and the 22 Bahman girls' school in Mehrshahr, Karaj, and several students with symptoms of poisoning were taken to medical centers in this city.
 
 In Hamedan, Fatemieh Girls' Conservatory and Javid Al Athar High School were targeted by chemical gasses 
 and several students were poisoned.

 In the city of Tehran, Fasainejad girls' school was targeted by chemical gasses, during which the symptoms of poisoning of students appeared and they were transferred to the hospital.

 In the previous report of Hengaw on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, organized chemical attacks on ten schools in Tehran, Urmia, Hamedan, Qazvin, Saqqez, Dezful, and Ardabil were recorded and announced.

  Recently, Amnesty International issued a statement calling such attacks a "coordinated and organized campaign to poison students" and called for an independent investigation in this regard.