Whereas the Iranian people have been deprived of their fundamental freedoms for which reason they are rejecting monarchic dictatorship and religious tyranny, as evident in their protest slogans; Whereas more than 5,000 schoolgirls at more than 26 schools in 29 of Iran’s 31 provinces have now been hit by the poison gas since the first attacks in the city of Qom in November 2022; Whereas, according to a October 5, 2022, report by France 24, Iran schoolgirls lead protests over Mahsa Amini[’s] death ; Whereas, since the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, many schoolgirls have been active in protests and tearing up pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for his death; Whereas the Iranian regime has been slow to respond, and angry parents are turning out in droves to challenge the regime and are calling the attacks targeted and deliberate to keep girls from getting an education; Whereas protests have erupted in more than a dozen cities across Iran over the poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls and the government’s inability to contain the growing crisis with chants of Death to the child-killing regime. ; Whereas, in several cities, security forces have unleashed tear gas against people who were peacefully protesting the lack of action taken by the government to provide safety and security for schoolgirls; Whereas the Iranian judiciary has targeted journalists who have reported on the schoolgirls’ poisonings, accusing them of spreading lies and rumors ; Whereas the United States and the United Nations (UN) have called on the Iranian regime to fully investigate the suspected poisonings of schoolgirls and hold those responsible to account; Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani has said, We’re very concerned about these allegations that girls are being deliberately targeted under what appear to be mysterious circumstances.