Four inmates killed in fire at Tehran’s Evin prison: State media

Four inmates killed in fire at Tehran’s Evin prison: State media

At least four prisoners have been killed and 61 others injured after a fire broke out at Tehran’s Evin prison overnight following a fight between inmates, the official state news agency IRNA reported quoting the country’s judiciary.

Smoke inhalation was said to be the cause of the deaths, IRNA reported on Sunday, adding 10 inmates are hospitalised with four in “critical condition”.

The facility mostly holds political prisoners, including Iranians with dual nationality. Families of about two dozen political prisoners have called to say they are unharmed, according to their accounts on social media.

The prison has long been criticised by Western rights groups and was blacklisted by the United States government in 2018 for “serious human rights abuses”.

The incident took place as nationwide protests over the death in detention of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, entered a fifth week.

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