TEHRAN: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi stepped in after more than 100 students were hospitalized on Wednesday, the latest in a spate of poisonings at girls' schools that has gripped the country.

The president's website said Raisi had assigned Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi to provide "continuous information on the results of the investigation" into the attacks.

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