At least four people were killed and 61 injured after a large fire broke out at a prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran‘s capital, according to a state-run news agency.
At least four people were killed and 61 injured after a large fire broke out at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists inAs nationwide anti-government protests triggered by the death of a young woman after police took her into custody, entered a fifth week, one of several videos published to Twitter showed large flames and plumes of smoke rising from Tehran’s Evin Prison.
In another video shot outside the facility, gunshots and screams can be heard coming from inside the facility which is also know to hold foreign citizens.Citing Iran's judiciary, IRNA reported that the blaze started after some inmates set fire to prison uniforms at a warehouse and said that there were “skirmishes” between prisoners and staff.
The agency added that four people had died from smoke inhalation and 61 were injured. Four of the injured were in critical condition in hospital.Damage caused by a fire at the Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran late Saturday.in morality police custody, which sparked nationwide protests, led mainly by women, strikes and a violent crackdown by Iran’s security forces.
Amini, 22, from Iran’s Kurdistan region, died in custody after she was detained last month in Tehran, for allegedly failing to fully cover her hair and defying the country’s strict dress codes. Three days later, she was dead., but her family have said that witnesses told them she had been beaten by officers and have complained about the way investigations into her death have been conducted.
The demonstrations since her death have posed one of the most serious challenges to the Iranian government since the 1979 revolution, with some people chanting slogans against Supreme Leader
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