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Iran: protests intensify after fire at country’s top prison

Protesters rallied around Tehran's Evin prison after it was set on fire and gunshots were heard.

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Published by
Alejandro Baños

A month after the murder of young Mahsa Amini by morality police for wearing her hijab incorrectly, tensions continue in Iran. Last night, protests escalated after a large fire broke out in Evin prison (Tehran), where the Islamist regime is holding political opponents.

At the same time that the fire was taking place, gunshots could be heard. The protesters gathered around Evin and blocked off traffic while chanting one of the rally slogans, "Death to the dictator!"

Social media showed the poor conditions and mistreatment suffered by political opponents of the Islamist regime in Evin prison.

The leader of the opposition group National Council for the Resistance of Iran, Ali Safavi, called on the international community to stand with the opponents of the Islamist regime in the country in Just the News:

I think it is high time that the United States and the European Union and European countries stand with the people of Iran so that they can achieve what they have been yearning for and fighting for.

The violent crackdown on protests against the Iranian regime by the so-called morality police has so far claimed at least 185 victims’ lives, including 19 children, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights.

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