A young woman lies in hospital after reports of poisoning at an unspecified location in Iran on March 2, 2023.
A young woman lies in hospital after reports of poisoning at an unspecified location in Iran on March 2, 2023.
  • Up to 900 Iranian school girls have been victims of suspected mass poisoning in recent months.
  • Dozens have been hospitalized in the past week. 
  • Iran's president blamed the unexplained bouts of respiratory distress on the Islamic state's "enemies."

Up to 900 Iranian school girls have been victims of a mysterious suspected mass poisoning over the last three months. 

Dozens more girls have been admitted to hospital with respiratory distress in the last few days, according to The Guardian.