The notoriously brutal Evin prison is known for housing political prisoners, which has seen mass protests in recent weeks against the Islamic regime.
Iran's judiciary said eight prisoners were killed and more than 60 suffered smoke inhalation after a fire at Tehran's Evin prison.Details of a chaotic night marked by tear gas and explosions have emerged from an Iranian prison followingThe death toll from the blaze at Tehran's Evin prison has risen to eight, state-aligned news agency Tasnim posted on Twitter Monday.
Saeedi added that from the time the fire broke out Saturday night to when she got a call from her husband the next day were the worst hours of her life. In a Twitter post Sunday, human rights activist and former Evin inmate Atena Daemi said tear gas was fired by security officials, citing a woman prisoner.
All eight prisoners who died had been jailed for theft, Tasnim reported Monday, citing Iran's judiciary media center.Jailed journalist Niloofar Hamedi is also safe following Saturday's fire, according to a tweet from her husband, Mohamad Hosein. Iranian-American Siamak Namazi, who has been detained in Iran for seven years and was forced to return to prison on Wednesday after briefly being released on furlough, is also safe, according to the Namazi family lawyer Jared Genser.'No prisoner is safe in Iran'
"No prisoner is safe in Iran, where people are maimed and killed for criticizing the state," the head of New York-based Independent Center for Human Rights in Iran, Hadi Ghaemi tweeted Sunday. "Political prisoners in Evin
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