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At least eight people were injured in a fire in Evin prison north of Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported. On Saturday night, several social media videos showed a large plume of dark smoke outside the prison.
Tehran Governor Mohsen Al Mansoori told the official IRNA news agency that the fire was contained and “there is peace”, adding that the prisoners had started the fire. Evin Prison in Tehran is a notoriously brutal facility in which the regime holds political opponents.
Al Mansoori said: “The prison is now fully under control and the peace in the prison complex and the surrounding streets are monitored and controlled.”
An Iranian security official said “killers” set fire to the prison’s clothing warehouse. IRNA was mentioned above.
Activist group 1500tasvir reported that in videos posted on social media, shots were heard and Iranian special forces were seen moving towards the area where the prison is believed to be located.
The official IRNA news agency quoted an Iranian official who said the “problems” were separated from the rest of the prisoners and the other detainees returned to their cells.
CNN cannot independently verify the situation.
Agnes Kalamar, General Secretary of Amnesty International Reply on Twitter videos on social media, reminding the Iranian authorities of their “legal obligation to respect and protect” the lives of prisoners after the fire.
Callamard called the prison “notorious” and echoed journalist Jason Rezaian’s recording of the 544 Days podcast about his time in prison.
“Evin is no ordinary prison. Many of Iran’s best and brightest have spent long periods in which brave men and women have been denied the fundamental right to tell the truth to power,” Rezaian. He wrote. “The system is responsible for what is happening inside right now.”
Meanwhile, cities across Iran remain in check national protest movementIt is run by girls and women after a young woman died in police custody.
In September, Mahsa Amini, 22, died after being arrested by the country’s moral police for not wearing the veil correctly. Since then, the Iranian authorities have launched a brutal crackdown on protesters who have united around a series of grievances against the country’s authoritarian regime.
Witnesses previously said the Iranian security forces Hit, shoot and arrest Students of the University of Tehran Sharif. Last month, nearly two dozen children were killed in the protests, according to A Amnesty International report.
In the last decade of September alone, security forces killed at least 23 children, some as young as 11. the report said.
An Iranian official said earlier this week You too confess School students participating in street protests are detained and taken to psychiatric institutions.
