Old Video Of Schoolgirls Poisoning In Iran Going Viral As A Recent Incident.

Recently, a video of a few schoolgirls went viral on social media. The girls can be seen crying. Sharing the video users claimed that the video shows a few schoolgirls in Iran who were poisoned with toxic gas. A user shared the video with the caption, “The Terrorist regime of Iran continues poisoning school girls with toxic gas. This video is from a school in Karaj where the girls were poisoned yesterday but report not having received any help from the school officials, and the absence of paramedics. They said, the school principal just laughed, saying the smell of toxic gas was just from the school heaters. One of the children is now in ICU! This crime has been going for months now and the regime claims to have found no suspects. The state controlled media, however, reported that 90% of the incidents were caused by the students themselves!! This is a crime against humanity and the world needs to hold the Islamic Terrorist regime of Iran accountable!”

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However, upon investigation, we discovered that the claim was misleading. The viral video is old. Here’s the fact check.

Fact Check 

We started our investigation by taking screenshots from the viral video and conducting a reverse image search. This led us to a report published on April 23, 2023, that contained an image similar to the screenshots from the viral video.

According to the report, on April 19, 2023, schoolgirls in several cities of Iran were poisoned with toxic gas. 

We found another report in April 2023, that contained a similar image. According to the report, “On April 19, 2023, Ummt Girls’ High School and Yahyawi School in Tehran, Nasiri and Abuzar Girls’ High School in Urmia, Chamran Art School in Hamedan, and Pishtazan High School in Dezful were targeted by chemical attacks. Students were poisoned with toxic gas and many were sent to medical centres for treatment.”

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Mass Poisoning Of Iranian Schoolgirls:

The Iranian schoolgirls’ mass poisoning incident was a series of chemical attacks on students in dozens of schools across Iran. It began in November 2022 at the Isfahan University of Technology, with reports of thousands of students being poisoned in the following months. The scientific committee of the Ministry of Health of Iran believes a “primarily inhaled stimulant” was used in these poisonings. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, demanded severe punishment for the perpetrators. Amnesty International accused the Islamic Republic of seeking to punish schoolgirls for refusing to wear the mandatory hijab. Mass psychogenic illness (MPI) was cited as one explanation, while others claimed the Iranian government was targeting the girls for removing their mandatory hijab.

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We didn’t find any credible report stating a recent incident of schoolgirls poisoning in Iran.

This makes it clear that the video is old.

Conclusion 

From our investigation, we can say that the claim is misleading. The viral video doesn’t show a recent incident of schoolgirls poisoning in Iran. This is an old video from April 2023.