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Over 110 separate student poisonings were reported throughout #Iran on March 6. Some have framed these incidents as “mass hysteria.” They’re not. Someone is deliberately poisoning Iranian children—we’re just not sure who. (1)
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Hundreds of students—primarily #IranianSchoolgirls--reported chemical attacks in recent weeks, especially since March 1. Their symptoms include nausea, chest pain, numbness of limbs, and more. (2)
bbc.com/news/world-mid…
bbc.com/news/world-mid…
Some have compared these recent reports to previous instances of “mass sociogenic illnesses,” in which presenting symptoms are caused by anxiety rather than—in this case—chemical attacks. (3)
theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…
theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…
CTP is publishing a special edition of our Iran Updates today in response to the dramatic escalation in poisonings of schoolgirls in #Iran on March 4 and 5. criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-…
The Iranian regime has permitted the country-wide, coordinated attacks on Iranian schoolgirls to escalate. #IranChemicalAttacks #IranianSchoolgirls #مسمومیت_دانش_آموزان
An organization able to conduct sustained attacks such as these likely has a number of distinctive characteristics. The list of necessary attributes narrows the field of organizations that could possibly be conducting these attacks considerably.
Reports suggest that chemical poisonings occurred in 116 separate schools--primarily girls' schools--in #Iran today. It’s difficult to imagine a scenario wherein the regime isn’t complicit in failing to protect these children. Here’s why: (1)
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Officials have blamed the poisonings on foreign actors. Others have suggested the attacks were the work of domestic groups who either aimed to punish girls sympathetic to the #Mahsa_Amini movement or sought to discourage girls from going to school. (2)
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It's unclear why--if foreign actors are indeed behind ongoing poisonings--the regime has not deployed the surveillance and security capabilities that it used to violently suppress protests during the #Mahsa_Amini movement to protect Iranian girls. (3)
1.🧵 about #Chemicalattack on school children in #Iran
Q1. What do we know?
A1. During the past month, several schools were allegedly attacked by unknown people. Hundreds of students suffered from different symptoms that vary from case to case.
#IranianSchoolgirls
Q1. What do we know?
A1. During the past month, several schools were allegedly attacked by unknown people. Hundreds of students suffered from different symptoms that vary from case to case.
#IranianSchoolgirls
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In the first attacks, all occurred in #Qom, students felt a smell like tangerine or "rotten tangerine" then they experienced symptoms varying from headache, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, difficulty to breathe & paralysis. The symptoms were recurring in some
In the first attacks, all occurred in #Qom, students felt a smell like tangerine or "rotten tangerine" then they experienced symptoms varying from headache, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, difficulty to breathe & paralysis. The symptoms were recurring in some
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up to two weeks after the first incident.
It's said that the students were treated with atropine at the hospital.
Q2. What could be the cause of these attacks?
A2. Positive response to treatment with atropine, the smell of rotten tangerine, and paralysis point to one suspect.
up to two weeks after the first incident.
It's said that the students were treated with atropine at the hospital.
Q2. What could be the cause of these attacks?
A2. Positive response to treatment with atropine, the smell of rotten tangerine, and paralysis point to one suspect.
How f'd up are the Iranian authorities. I say 'authorities', I mean weak spineless cowardly men who leverage religion for personal gain. They gassed little girls at school, then arrested their concerned parents.
#IranianSchoolHolocaust is trending in UK. The world is watching.
#IranianSchoolHolocaust is trending in UK. The world is watching.
#IranianSchoolHolocaust trending in UK.
OK. As promised, a thread about allegations of poisoning incidents in Iran. (Long thread.) Hold all questions until the end. (1 of xxx) #IranianSchoolgirls
A variety of reports have circulated about incidents involving schoolgirls in Iran becoming ill. Reports and descriptions of these incidents vary significantly.
These incidents have been going on for some time. The first such reports that I heard of emerged in Qom in November. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…
