Continued pressure on deprived students and lack of educational facilities in Iran; Khuzestan Governor confirms suicide of 6 students in Ramhormoz

Following the publication of numerous reports of student suicides in Ramhormoz city and denials and confirmations by local authorities, the governor of Khuzestan finally confirmed the suicide of 6 students in this city.

On Thursday, November 10, the governor of Khuzestan confirmed that following the suicide attempts of six students in Ramhormoz, two of which resulted in death, he announced the promise of officials and a number of institutions to provide tablets to students, which, of course, has not yet been fulfilled.

The issue of student suicides in Ramharzi came to light after local media reported last Friday that a 15-year-old girl in the city had committed suicide, and quoted the head of the city's education department as saying that one of the reasons for the students' suicide was the inability to meet their needs.

The head of the Ramhormoz Education Department stated that the reason for the suicide of a female student was the family's opposition to providing her with a cell phone and the teenager's inability to continue her education. He said that out of 27,000 Ramhormoz students, at least 4,000 were deprived of having a cell phone to continue their education in the new academic year .

Classes in Iran are being held online due to the coronavirus outbreak, and students must have a tablet or smartphone to attend.

Following the publication of this news, a letter from the Governor of Ramhormoz was published in local media and social networks, calling for the censorship of news of suicide in the media.

The suicide of six students in Ramhormoz came to the fore after news of the suicides of Mohammad Mousavizadeh, an 11-year-old student in Bushehr Province, and Parastu Jalili Azar, a 13-year-old student in West Azerbaijan Province, made headlines in recent weeks due to the inability to obtain tablets and smartphones to continue their education.

News of these suicides has had a wide impact on social media, and users have once again highlighted the incompetence and ineffectiveness of the Islamic Republic's authorities in meeting the obvious needs of Iranian citizens.

A number of users noted that the authorities of the Islamic Republic do not provide even the most basic rights of the people as mentioned in the constitution, including "free educational opportunities for all citizens up to the end of secondary school," which is one of the duties of the government.

One user also compared the news of Governor Ramhormoz's order to censor news of suicides to the three-day denial of news of the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane, writing that the solution is always to not report any news for now.

While the suicide trend among children and adolescents in Iran has increased, some social analysts believe that the economic crisis and despair in society have a direct impact on the increase in suicides in Iran .

On the other hand, the poor economic situation has increased in recent months as new dimensions of widespread financial corruption by individuals and institutions affiliated with the Islamic Republic regime are revealed every day. These include cases of economic corruption by individuals close to the government and the regime's unlimited financial support for terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas .

The United States says the Islamic Republic is spending its wealth on supporting terrorist groups and destabilizing the Middle East instead of its people. The United States says the Islamic Republic is spending its wealth on supporting terrorist groups and destabilizing the Middle East instead of its people. The United States has also repeatedly condemned institutionalized financial corruption and the looting of Iran’s God-given assets by affiliates of the ruling regime in the country, and has considered them to be among the main causes of Iran’s economic and financial problems.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said: "The Iranian people have spoken out clearly. They have rejected forty years of corruption and abuse and have called for an end to the dictatorship and an end to the preference for foreign actors over the interests of the Iranian people."

Source: Voice of America