Iran’s notorious Evin Prison was engulfed in flames Saturday as gunshots and explosions rang out amid nationwide protests.
A senior security official told Iranian state-run media that the “situation is completely under control” following clashes between prisoners and prison staff at the Tehran facility.
Prisoners set fire to a warehouse stocked with uniforms, which sparked the inferno, the official said. Tehran prosecutor Ali Salhi later said that “peace” had returned to the prison, claiming the situation was not related to the larger anti-government protests that have swept the country for four weeks., multiple gunshots can be heard as the fire rips through the prison, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky.
Protesters make fire and block the street during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police in downtown Tehran, Iran on September 21.
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