Iran
Drunken schoolgirls: First arrest
Several arrests have been made as part of an investigation into the mysterious poisoning of thousands of teenage girls.
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The issue has caused a stir in Iran.
AFP
Iran’s Interior Ministry announced the first arrests in the investigation on Tuesday Poison series Thousands of schoolgirls have been affected for three months. “Many people have been arrested in five provinces and the services are continuing their investigation,” Deputy Interior Minister Majid Mirahmadi told state television.
He did not disclose their identity, the circumstances of their arrest and the details of their alleged involvement. The mysterious affair has sparked strong emotion in Iran, where parents of students have called on authorities to take action.
“Severe penalties” were demanded
In total, more than 5,000 students in “some 230 schools” located in 25 of the country’s 31 provinces have been affected since the end of November, Mohammad-Hasan Asafari, head of the parliamentary inquiry commission, said on Tuesday. The causes of this toxic wave must be shed light on.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday called for “severe punishment” against the perpetrators in the case. Iran’s top official warned that they “must be punished with severe punishments” and that “there will be no amnesty for them”, referring to the case for the first time.
(AFP)
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