Girls and adolescents have become a new "target" of the Government in the theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran, according to activists from that country residing in Spain, from where they want to raise their voices to denounce "the thousands of poisonings" that occur in female educational centers since last November.
Since September 2022, Iran has been experiencing a process of protests against the government of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, which started after the death in a police station of the young Mahsa Amini, arrested for not wearing the Islamic veil correctly placed on the street.
The protests leave close to 600 deaths, thousands of detainees and a feminist movement on the rise that demands, with great prominence of the younger population, Human Rights and gender equality.
According to various organizations for the defense of Human Rights in Iran, since November there have also been at least 5,000 gas poisonings in schools, especially directed at girls.
"They want to keep women out of schools," determined the activist Arezoo Mojaverian, in an interview with EFE in Madrid, where she exposed the "terrible" situations suffered by girls and adolescents in her country.
"This is a state strategy to prevent girls from going to school, they want to spread panic, just like they did when they killed little boys, to send us a message look how far we can go," says Mojaverian.
The Iranian explains that the poisonings have occurred at different educational levels, "from primary schools to universities", where, according to her complaint, "they have poisoned the food in residences to prevent children from taking to the streets" to protest.
The Mojaverian is clear that the government itself is behind the poisonings and is ironic with the fact that, although there have been close to a hundred arrests for these acts, those responsible have not yet been found: "this is not something you buy in a store and throw it in the schools".
The Iranian believes that these attacks have a clear objective "a generation of young people" who no longer "believe" in the Government and "is not afraid of anything" because "they have nothing to lose."
In his opinion, the country's political leaders "do not care about the people" but instead form "an empowered mafia that has the country's money, which is a lot, with many natural resources and a level of corruption that cannot be imagined." .
The Mojaverian opinion is shared by Shadi (fictitious name of another Iranian activist who prefers anonymity), who analyzes how the poisonings have been taking place since November.
"It started in a very religious city and spread to 28 provinces. Thousands of students have been poisoned, with different symptoms, but they all say they smelled something, like orange, they were nauseated, others had more serious symptoms and ended up in the hospital." narrates.
In addition, Shadi, who firmly believes that the State is behind these acts, claims that "when parents go to report the situation, they are arrested."
For this young woman, "the Islamic Republic of Iran is the greatest enemy of women" and the poisonings "are proof" of this.
"What is happening is something unique in the history of the world, how is it possible that children who go to school to learn and have fun have nightmares about going to school," she thinks, worried about her younger sisters.
Despite this, she believes that the protests over the death of Mahsa Amini and the subsequent feminist movement "there is no going back."
"We believe that we are not going to return to the situation as before, we are in a moment of silence because we are preparing to do more serious things, it is something that is going to happen but we don't know when," he shares.
And although he does not know the times, he is confident that "the new generations are not going to settle" and "they are going to show the world that they are here and that they have nothing to lose."
"We don't want to live like slaves, it's a process that takes time but I think we're going to end up with something good, I'm optimistic, this generation is going to do good things, this is the moment," he emphasizes.
