Iran's president acknowledges poisoning at girls' schools, orders probe | | AW

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "This is a very fundamentalist thinking surfacing in society," said Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director of the New York-based Centre for Human Rights in Iran.
49% : A file picture shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressing lawmakers at the parliament in Tehran, January 22, 2023.
43% : Already, parents have pulled their students from classes, in effect shuttering some schools in Qom in recent weeks as a climate of panic has set in many parts of Iran.
38% : She cited a supposed communiqué from a group calling itself Fidayeen Velayat that purportedly said, "the study of girls is considered haram" and threatened to "spread the poisoning of girls throughout Iran" if girls' schools remain open.
36% : Unlike neighbouring Afghanistan, Iran has no history of Taliban-like religious extremists targeting girls' education.
30% : The poisonings come at a sensitive time for Iran, which has faced months of nationwide protests since a young woman died in September after being arrested by the morality police for allegedly violating Iran's strict Islamic dress code.

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