Dozens of schoolgirls taken to hospital after new gas poisonings in Iran

Students of Miraj secondary school for girls in Iran's Kurdistan Province have been poisoned by chemical gas.

Anadolu reports quoting the Iranian media that a clash broke out between the parents of the affected girls and the law enforcement forces.

Citizens removed the Iranian flag from the walls of the school and chanted slogans against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

A clash erupted between the parents and the law enforcement forces who arrived at the school.

Footage posted on social media showed some of the parents taking the children to the hospital themselves.

At least 47 students were injured, with 20 of them in serious condition.