The prison fire occurred as protesters intensified anti-government demonstrations along main streets and at universities in some cities across Iran on Saturday.
A huge fire blazed at a notorious prison — where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept — in the Iranian capital. Online videos and local media reported gunshots, as nationwide protests entered a fifth week.
The U.S.-based Center for Human Rights in Iran reported that an"armed conflict" broke out within the prison walls. It said shots were first heard in Ward 7 of the prison. This account could not immediately be verified.along main streets and at universities in some cities across Iran on Saturday. Human rights monitors reported hundreds dead, including children, as the movement concluded its fourth week.
Iranian authorities have dismissed the unrest as a purported Western plot, without providing evidence. Commercial strikes resumed Saturday in key cities across the Kurdish region, including Saqqez, Amini's hometown and the birthplace of the protests, Bukan and Sanandaj.
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