“My daughter and two of her friends say they heard something like an explosion and immediately afterwards an unpleasant smell,' one parent told the BBC.
, while some politicians suspect that religious fundamentalists who oppose women’s education are to blame, opposition groups abroad are pointing fingers at the Iranian government itself. And as theIran doesn’t have a history of fundamentalists targeting girls’ education, which the Islamic Republic has promoted for 40 years. Girls and women comprise more than half of students in universities.
A government probe indicated that the poison found in this most recent round of attacks contained nitrogen dioxide—a compound that disappears quickly and is hard to trace, according to the“Observations indicate that the enemy is behind these actions,” head of parliament’s education, research, and technology commission Alireza Monadi said. Nitrogen dioxide is also responsible for much of the air pollution in the country, as it is expelled from vehicles and power plants.
Targeting schools has been a consistent strategy for those hoping to instill fear and inflict harm on young protesters. In December, 1,200 students across multiple universities experienced mysterious the night before they were set to attend mass protests. The poisoning, allegedly caused by “water-born bacteria,” also led to severe illness and hospitalization for many.The “biological terrorism” has prompted immediate action and intervention from outside forces like the United Nations.
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