EVIN PRISON
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'Evin Prison' (زندان اوین) is a prison in Iran, located in the north of Tehran [1]. It is notorious for its political prisoners' wing, from before the 1979 Iranian Revolution and since. It was founded by SAVAK during the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, on what was previously the house of Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee.
The prison is located in a residential and commercial area known as ''Evin'', next to the Saadat Abad district. There is a large park area with a popular upscale teahouse and restaurant located immediately next to it.
Photography in front of and around the prison is illegal. On June 23, 2003, Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested for taking photographs in front of the prison, an imprisonment which led to her beating and death in Iranian custody. Doctors examining Kazemi found evidence of rape, torture with fingernails torn out, toes crushed and skull fracture.
Notable prisoners at Evin before the 1979 revolution include Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani and Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri.
Marina Nemat spent 2 year in Evin from 1982, having participated in anti-revolutionary protests at her school. She has written about her torture and the death of her fellow students at the prison.
Recent notable political prisoners held at Evin have included Akbar Ganji (held there from 2000 to 2006), Mohsen Sazegara (in 2003), Nasser Zarafshan, as well as Hamid Pourmand (2005-6), Dariush Zahedi, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, on charges of espionage (2003), subsequently acquitted in 2004, and Ramin Jahanbegloo.
Current prisoners include Ahmad Batebi, and Kian Tajbakhsh. [2].
★ Human rights in Islamic Republic of Iran
★ Massacre of Iranian political prisoners
★ 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners
★ Towhid Prison
★ Prison 59
★ Gohardasht Prison
★ Prison 209
★ That garden and its wishes, an article by Masoud Behnoud in ''Rooz'' on the Evin prison.
★ Inside Iran's most notorious jail, BBC News report on a visit to the prison given by a group of domestic and foreign journalists.
1. http://www.prisons.ir/en/?PHPSESSID=bc64352d477d010260bdcb67db150bd7
2. Tehran Jails Iranian American Scholar After Long House Arrest
'Evin Prison' (زندان اوین) is a prison in Iran, located in the north of Tehran [1]. It is notorious for its political prisoners' wing, from before the 1979 Iranian Revolution and since. It was founded by SAVAK during the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, on what was previously the house of Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee.
The prison is located in a residential and commercial area known as ''Evin'', next to the Saadat Abad district. There is a large park area with a popular upscale teahouse and restaurant located immediately next to it.
Photography in front of and around the prison is illegal. On June 23, 2003, Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested for taking photographs in front of the prison, an imprisonment which led to her beating and death in Iranian custody. Doctors examining Kazemi found evidence of rape, torture with fingernails torn out, toes crushed and skull fracture.
Notable prisoners at Evin before the 1979 revolution include Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani and Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri.
Marina Nemat spent 2 year in Evin from 1982, having participated in anti-revolutionary protests at her school. She has written about her torture and the death of her fellow students at the prison.
Recent notable political prisoners held at Evin have included Akbar Ganji (held there from 2000 to 2006), Mohsen Sazegara (in 2003), Nasser Zarafshan, as well as Hamid Pourmand (2005-6), Dariush Zahedi, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, on charges of espionage (2003), subsequently acquitted in 2004, and Ramin Jahanbegloo.
Current prisoners include Ahmad Batebi, and Kian Tajbakhsh. [2].
| Contents |
| See also |
| External links |
| References and notes |
See also
★ Human rights in Islamic Republic of Iran
★ Massacre of Iranian political prisoners
★ 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners
★ Towhid Prison
★ Prison 59
★ Gohardasht Prison
★ Prison 209
External links
★ That garden and its wishes, an article by Masoud Behnoud in ''Rooz'' on the Evin prison.
★ Inside Iran's most notorious jail, BBC News report on a visit to the prison given by a group of domestic and foreign journalists.
References and notes
1. http://www.prisons.ir/en/?PHPSESSID=bc64352d477d010260bdcb67db150bd7
2. Tehran Jails Iranian American Scholar After Long House Arrest
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