Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Protests break out in Iran’s Kurdish cities as schoolgirl poisonings continue

Protest rallies were held today in front of the Ministry of Education in Kermanshah, Sanandaj and Saqqez in north-western Iran after the Iranian Teacher's Union called for protests against organised chemical gas attacks on girls' schools and the poisoning of students across the country. Iranian Police Special Units fired tear gas and shotgun pellets towards a gathering of teachers and families in Sanandaj, injuring at...

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