Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran taken to hospital after poisoning

Suspected attack on students in city east of Tehran is latest in spate of incidents over past three months

Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after a mysterious poisoning, an Iranian news agency has reported, in the latest in a spate of suspected attacks.

Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress have been reported in the past three months among Iranian schoolgirls, mainly in the city of Qom, south of Tehran, with some needing hospital treatment.