Authorities person attempted to region the events astatine the situation from the ongoing protests, portion authorities media has offered conflicting accounts of the violence. Hundreds are being held astatine Evin, wherever quality rights groups person reported repeated abuses of prisoners.
Families of inmates gathered Sunday adjacent the situation hoping for quality of their loved ones inside.
Masoumeh, 49, who lone gave her archetypal name, said her 19-year-old lad was taken to the situation 2 weeks agone aft taking portion successful the thoroughfare protests. “I cannot spot quality astir his health, I request to spot him closely,” she said.
Another man, Reza, who besides gave lone his archetypal name, said his member has been successful Evin Prison since past twelvemonth aft helium was progressive successful a convulsive quarrel. “He did not telephone america successful caller days and pursuing past night’s occurrence I americium present to larn what happened to him,” helium said.
State media primitively reported 9 radical were injured but the judiciary-affiliated website Mizan.news connected Sunday said 4 inmates died of fume inhalation and 61 others were injured. It said each 4 who died were successful situation connected robbery convictions.
Ten inmates were hospitalized, with 4 of them successful superior condition, Mizan reported. It said immoderate prisoners had tried to flight but failed.
State TV connected Sunday aired video purporting to amusement the fire’s aftermath of scorched walls and ceilings successful a country it said was the precocious level of a sewing store astatine the prison.
“This occurrence was caused by a combat betwixt immoderate prisoners successful a sewing workshop,” said Tehran Gov. Mohsen Mansouri.
Iranian societal media posts challenged authorities media claims implicit the origin of the occurrence and evident explosions astatine the prison. Former inmate of Evin and rights activistic Atena Daemi said successful a Tweet Sunday that normally, each prisoners are sent to their wards and the workshops closed by sunset.
The European Union’s apical diplomat Josep Borrell expressed his “most superior concern” to Iran’s overseas curate and called for “maximum transparency connected the situation” pursuing the situation blaze and evident violence.
Iranian authorities are liable for the lives of “all detainees, including quality rights defenders and EU nationals,” Borrell said successful a Tweet Sunday.
Iran’s state-run IRNA quality bureau reported Saturday that determination were clashes betwixt prisoners successful 1 ward and situation personnel, citing a elder information official. The authoritative said “rioters” acceptable occurrence to a warehouse afloat of situation uniforms, which caused the blaze.
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