Iran leader warns no amnesty over poisoning of schoolgirls
12 March 2023 |
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Hundreds of schoolgirls have been hospitalized across Iran, and parents took to the streets in Tehran to protest. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the perpetrators should be severely punished.
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