Death toll climbs to eight in Iran's Evin prison fire

Oct 17, 2022

Tehran [Iran], October 17 : The death toll has risen to eight in the Evin Prison blaze in Iran after four more inmates who...

Eight injured in Iran prison blaze, state media says Evin unrest not linked to countrywide protests

Oct 16, 2022

Tehran [Iran], October 16 : At least eight people were injured in a fire at Tehran's Evin prison on Saturday, state news agency IRNA...

Four dead, 61 injured in Iran's Evin prison blaze

Oct 16, 2022

Tehran [Iran], October 16 : At least four people died and 61 were injured in the fire at Tehran's Evin prison on Saturday, state...

Iran sentences two women journalists to prison

Oct 22, 2023

Two Iranian women journalists have been given preliminary prison sentences for national security charges on cases related to the Mahsa Amini protests, reported Al...

Infamous Evin prison in Tehran on fire: Gun shots and sirens heard

Oct 15, 2022

Tehran [Iran], October 16 : A fire has broken out at Iran's notorious Evin prison, the primary site for detaining political prisoners.

Iran releases 52 illegal Afghan citizens from Al-Ghadir prison

Dec 26, 2023

The Taliban-appointed Foreign Relations Minister in Nimroz, Yar Mohammad Haqyar, announced the release of prisoners and emphasised that the prisoners were released as a...