New cases of poisoning of young girls were reported today in several provinces Iranwhere mystery persists in this highly emotional case in the country.

Poisoning of several female students was reported at two girls’ high schools in the cities Abahar (west) and Ahvaz (southwest), but also in a primary school in Zanan (west), as reported this morning by the news agency Isnaciting local health officials.

Schoolgirls were also poisoned in schools in the holy city Mashad (northeast), Shiraz (south) and Isfahan (center), according to Mehr and Tasnim agencies.

Hundreds of gas poisoning incidents have been reported in 52 school complexes in the past three months, according to the official count.

In a statement issued last night, the Minister of the Interior, Ahmad Vahidi, spoke of the discovery of “suspicious samples” during “field investigations” without providing further details.

The president Ibrahim Raisi He asked the Interior and Education ministries on Friday to “thwart the enemy’s plot to instill fear and despair in the population.”

Asked by the Fars news agency, the deputy minister of the interior, Majid Mirahmadiaccused “those who had the idea of ​​poisoning the girls” of wanting to “close the schools” but also “blame the system” to “rekindle the extinguished flame of the riots”.

The official was referring to the protest movement that has erupted in Iran following the death on September 16 of Mahsha Amini, a young woman who was arrested by morality police on charges of violating a strict dress code requiring women to wear the headscarf.

According to Mirahmadi, “a very small percentage” of the poisonings were caused by “deliberate actions”, but “a significant part” of the schoolgirls suffered complications due to “anxiety and stress”.

Last week, an official of the Ministry of Health had said that “certain persons” seek, with these actions, to “close all schools, especially girls’ schools”. This version was not repeated by other officials.

This mysterious case has caused protests by the parents of the schoolgirls who are worried about their children and are asking the authorities to take action.