Iran nabs suspects as poisoning cases top 5K

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 09, 2023 12:05 am

TEHRAN: Iran announced on Tuesday that it had made the first arrests in a spate of mysterious poisonings of schoolgirls that have affected more than 5,000 students since late November.

This came a day after Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had called for the perpetrators of the 'unforgivable crime' to be tracked down 'without mercy' as public anger grew.

PISSED PARENTS This image grab from a user-generated content video and made available on the ESN platform on March 4, 2023, shows families gathering and chanting slogans outside an Education Ministry building in Iran’s capital Tehran amid mystery poisonings targeting schoolgirls. AFP PHOTO

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