A top Iranian health official informed the semi-official said on Sunday that a recent wave of widespread illnesses at girls’ schools in Iran were brought on by intentional poisoning using “chemical chemicals.”

Iran’s deputy education minister, Younes Panahi , on Sunday said that , “It was found that some people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed.”

“It has been revealed that the chemical compounds used to poison students are not war chemicals, and the poisoned students do not need aggressive treatment, and a large percentage of the chemical agents used are treatable,” he told a press conference.

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