An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported. "After the poisoning of several students in Qom schools, it was found that some people wanted all schools, especially girls' schools, to be closed," the IRNA state news agency quoted Panahi as saying. " Meanwhile, Iran's currency fell to a new record low on Sunday, plunging to 600,000 to the dollar for the first time as the effects of nationwide protests and the breakdown of the 2015 nuclear deal continued to roil the economy