When nationwide protests persisted in 2022 in response to the death of 22-year old Mahsa Jina Amini after she was arrested by the regime’s so-called morality police, many wondered whether this time could spell the end of the Islamic Republic’s clerical rule. But it hasn't happened yet.
As more poisonings of schoolgirls are reported in Iran, human rights activists and journalists tell CBC News the regime in Tehran is to blame for what they say is just another form of gender-based attacks in the country.