A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran's capital killed four inmates, the country's judiciary said Sunday, in dramatic scenes that have reverberated across Iranian social media.
Flames and smoke rising from Tehran's Evin Prison had been widely visible, as nationwide anti-government protests entered a fifth week. The facility holds political prisoners, foreign nationals and journalists.
A huge fire blazed Saturday 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.
A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran's capital killed four inmates, the country's judiciary said.
Iranian media say a towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran’s capital killed four inmates.
Multiple social media videos show a large, dark plume of smoke billowing near Evin prison in Iran. It is notoriously brutal facility where the regime incarcerates political dissidents. CNN's Jomana Karadsheh has the latest.
Wider protests in the northern city of Ardebil erupted following reports a teenager, Asra Panahi, died after police confronted protesting girls at a high school.
A fire at Iran's Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman's death in police custody continued on Sunday,…
By Alaa Elassar, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jennifer Hauser, CNN At least eight people were injured in a fire at Evin prison in northern Tehran, Iranian state media IRNA reported. A large, dark plume of smoke was seen billowing near the prison in multiple videos on social media Saturday night.
Evin Prison, in Tehran, houses hundreds of dissidents and political prisoners. Witnesses described hearing gunshots and explosions as a blaze made its way through the facility on Saturday.
At least four Iranian inmates died in a fire in Tehran's notorious Evin prison overnight, the judiciary said Sunday, further stoking tensions one month
Iranian media say a fire at a prison holding political prisoners and anti-government activists has been extinguished and that no prisoners have escaped. Sunday's report also says nine people were
Eight inmates died in a fire that raged in Iran's Evin prison, the judiciary said Monday, doubling the official toll from a blaze that has further stoked tensions one month into protests sparked by the…