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According to the US news station, NBC, 2,000 Iranian schoolgirls have reported symptoms of poisoning. One member of Iran’s parliament suggests that the numbers may be far higher, and that 5,000 girls have been poisoned. 800 girls from 58 schools across ten provinces have been hospitalised. Alireza Monadi, head of parliament’s education committee, has admitted that schools have been deliberately attacked and that 30 toxicologists in the Health Ministry believe the toxins are nitrogen gas.
For 44 years, Iranians have been living in captivity, but with the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, they are no longer willing to tolerate life under the Islamic Republic and have spearheaded the largest women's rights movement of our century, which has also been supported by the Iranian diaspora. Despite challenges such as poor journalism, propaganda, and politicians supporting the wrong organizations, the Iranian diaspora continues to fight for the liberty of their people by becoming activists, journalists, and educators, with the goal of overthrowing the brutal regime and replacing it with a secular, democratic government.
Video of girls dancing in Ekbatan, Iran, released on IWD 2023According to the US news station, NBC, 2000 Iranian schoolgirls have reported symptoms of poisoning. One member of Iran’s parliament suggests that the numbers may be far higher, and that 5000 girls have been poisoned. 800 girls from 58 schools across ten provinces have been hospitalised.