Chemical attacks on Iranian students is being cataloged by FDD on fdd.org/chemicalattacks
The attacks began in November 2022, but it was only in March 2023 that the poisonings came to dominate the Iranian national psyche as the number of attacks increased and their geographical distribution spread. One hundred and four attacks occurred on March 6 alone, prompting Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenel, to call them “unforgivable crimes” that warrant “the most severe of punishments.”
The following interactive map documents these attacks.
FDD database includes 302 attacks, 247 of which happened in March, spread across 139 cities and towns.
We count at least 1,750 student victims, though other sources have offered numbers as high as 7,000.
Apr 11, 2023 Tabriz
Apr 11, 2023 – Shahin Shahr Apr 11, 2023 – Shahin Shahr
Apr 11, 2023 Shahin Shahr
Apr 10, 2023 – Urmia
Apr 9, 2023 – Khoy
Apr 9, 2023 – Sanandaj
Apr 9, 2023 – Karaj
Apr 9, 2023 – Saqqez
Apr 9, 2023 – Saqqez
Apr 9, 2023- Mahabad
Apr 9, 2023 – Ahvaz
Apr 9, 2023 – Amol
Apr 9, 2023 – Amol
Apr 9, 2023 – Amol
Apr 8, 2023 – Urmia
Apr 8, 2023 – Tehran, Pardis
Apr 8, 2023 – Haftgel
Apr 8, 2023 – Nagaden
Apr 8, 2023 – Ardabil
Apr 5, 2023 – Tabriz
Apr 5, 2023 – Qom
Apr 5, 2023 – Piranshahr
Apr 4, 2023 – Urmia
Apr 4, 2023 – Dowlatabad
Apr 4, 2023 – Tabriz, Bagmisheh
Apr 3, 2023 – Nagadeh, Mohammadyar