Milad Manzarian

Milad Manzarian is an athlete and civil engineer from Evaz, Fars province. He was arrested at the same time as the 2022 uprising. Mr. Manzarian was arrested once again at the same time as the serial poisoning of female students in schools across Iran.

During the serial poisoning of (mostly) girls' schools in Iran, many students in several schools nationwide were "suspiciously" poisoned by chemical gas. The chain of events began on November 30, 2022, in a school for girls in Qom during the nationwide Women, Life, Freedom uprising. The Islamic Republic officials initially tried to deny the truth and blamed the "enemy groups" and "anti-revolutionaries" and in some cases "public hysteria" and students "faking illness" for the events; But soon after, Younse Panahi, the Ministry of Health, announced that the poisonings were intentional. In late December, the leader Ali Khamenei also talked about the role of some "individuals or groups" in these events. After his speech, the Ministry of Intelligence promised to investigate and the Minister of Interior Ahmad Vahidi, and his security and law enforcement deputy announced the arrests of the "culprits" in the poisoning of students in five provinces. After that, the Islamic Republic's propaganda machine turned the blame on the students and protesters. Many believe that the serial poisonings were a coordinated and planned campaign in reaction to the peaceful participation of students in the Women, Life, Freedom uprising and the women's collective fight against mandatory hijab and the oppressive policies of the Islamic Republic against them. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

<coverage-outsourcing id='50748'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir_list/status/1637712887119585283?s=20'> According to the 1500 Images account on X, he was arrested by the security forces at the end of December at the same time as the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50749'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/1500tasvir_list/status/1637712887119585283?s=20'> He was released on bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50750'> <reference source='https://kalemeh.tv/1402/01/51932/'> According to the report of Milad Manzarian, he was once again arrested by the security forces. He was arrested in connection with the chemical attack on schools. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50751'> <reference source='https://kalemeh.tv/1402/01/51932/'> According to Kalameh, he is under pressure and torture to give a forced confession about his participation in the chemical attack on schools. Kalameh also wrote that Mr. Manzarian is still in detention. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='50752'> <reference source='https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/6696/2023/en/'> By publishing a statement, Amnesty International called for an independent and complete investigation regarding the occurrence of chemical attacks on mostly girls' schools in Iranian cities. In this statement, which began by addressing Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, the Attorney General of the country, and pointing out that thousands of students, mostly girls, were poisoned and admitted to hospitals, it is stated: > The right to education, health, and life of millions of students is in danger amid chemical gas attacks which mainly target girls' schools in Iran. In this report, based on the information received from one of the doctors inside Iran, it is stated: > The Ministry of Health issued a protocol to the medical centers in the country and ordered the medical staff to attribute the symptoms of the chemical gas attack that female students suffer from, to stress. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>