DUBAI — A fire at Iran’s Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti\u002Dgovernment protests sparked by a…
Iranian authorities said on Saturday that a prison workshop had been set on fire “after a fight among a number of prisoners convicted of financial crimes and theft.” Evin holds many detainees facing security charges, including Iranians with dual nationality.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Footage of the prison aired on state television hours later showed firefighters inspecting a workshop with fire damage to the roof. It also showed inmates asleep in their wards.Article content A lawyer representing an American Iranian held at Evin, Siamak Namazi, imprisoned for nearly seven years on espionage-related charges rejected by Washington as baseless, said on Sunday that Namazi had contacted his relatives.
The husband of Iranian journalist Niloofar Hamedi, who broke the news of Amini’s death and was arrested last month, also wrote on Twitter that she had telephoned him on Sunday.Asked about the prison fire, U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters during a campaign trip on Saturday to Portland, Oregon that the Iranian government was “so oppressive” and that he was surprised by the courage of the Iranian protesters.
Among the casualties have been teenage girls whose deaths have become a rallying cry for more demonstrations across the country.
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