Of the hundreds of people arrested during the protest movement would have been sent there. In Tehran, thehe prison of Evin, with a sinister reputation in Iran because of the mistreatment inflicted on political prisoners, was the scene of an fire and clashes, Saturday, October 15 in the evening, at the end of a new day of demonstrations against the government. “Four prisoners died due to smoke inhalation caused by the fire and 61 others were injured”indicated the website of the Judicial Authority, Mizan Online, specifying that four of the injured were in a “bad state”.
Footage shared on Twitter by the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) showed huge flames and thick smoke billowing from the prison. A video posted by the online media 1500tasvir, which lists human rights violations, also allowed to hear in the background ofare you screaming “Death to the Dictator”, one of the most chanted slogans in the demonstrations following the death of Mahsa Amini a month ago.
Quoting a Tehran prosecutor, the Irna agency for its part specified that the clashes had not “nothing to do with the recent unrest in the country”.
Evin prison also holds foreigners or dual nationals such as Franco-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah and American Siamak Namazi, who was reincarcerated this week after a temporary release, according to his family. The latter, via her lawyer, told AFP that she was “deeply concerned” and that she had no news of him. The sister of another US citizen detained in Evin, businessman Emad Shargi, tweeted that her family was equally “worried to death”.
Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was detained in Evin for most of her 800 days in Iran, said relatives of female political prisoners there had assured her that “all women within the Evin political prisoner ward are safe and unharmed.”
“Iran bears full responsibility for the safety of our wrongfully detained citizens, who must be released immediately.”warned on Twitter Ned Price, spokesman for the diplomacy of the United States, adding that Washington followed the development of the incident “with urgency”.
The famous Iranian director Jafar Panahi, winner of several international awards, and the reformist politician Mostafa Tajzadeh are also believed to be in this prison establishment.