Iran supreme leader calls suspected schoolgirl poisonings ‘unforgivable’

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says culprits should be severely punished, amid signs hundreds of girls have been treated in hospital

Iran's supreme leader has called the suspected poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls in recent months an unforgivable" crime amid signs that hundreds of schoolgirls have been treated in hospital, many more than the regime had previously admitted.

Authorities should seriously pursue the issue of students' poisoning. This is an unforgivable and big crime ... The perpetrators of this crime should be severely punished," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. He added there would be no amnesty for those found guilty.