Reports of gunshots as fire breaks out at Iran’s notorious Evin prison
Footage posted on social media shows flames and smoke billowing from the area around Tehran’s Evin jail, which is known for holding political prisoners.
A fire has broken out in Tehran’s Evin prison, where many of Iran’s political and dual-national detainees are held, and witnesses reported hearing gunfire.
State news agency IRNA on Saturday said eight people were injured in the unrest, which erupted after nearly a month of protests across Iran over
The protests have posed one of the most serious challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution, with demonstrations spreading across the country and some people chanting for the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
