Regime assures “culprits” caused fire and clashes at Evin prison in Tehran, but human rights groups question official statement
Four inmates have been killed in a fire that broke out in Tehran’s Evin prison on Saturday night, Iran’s judicial authority said, shaken for a month by widespread protests over the death of young Mahsa Amini at the hands of police. veil bad. The regime assures that “culprits” were the ones who caused the clashes and fire in the detention center, but the NGOs are questioning that version.
“Since the lies of those responsible have become the norm, we do not accept official statements,” Iran Human Rights (IHR), based in Oslo, said, saying it had received information that the guards had tried to incite the detainees. .
“Four inmates died from smoke inhalation and 61 were injured,” according to the Mizan Online portal. In total, “only ten injured people were hospitalized. Four of them are serious,” he added. Also, according to the official body, the incident in the prison has “nothing to do” with the demonstrations before Amini’s death.
Evin Prison, sometimes nicknamed “Evin University” because of the number of intellectuals imprisoned in it, has arrested countless people and generally political prisoners, as well as foreigners and binationals during the protests. After the fire, several NGOs and the US expressed concern for the detainees.
The wave of demonstrations has entered its fifth week despite a crackdown by security forces, which has already left 108 dead, according to IHR. Despite the closure of the roads to Evin, the protesters marched to the center on foot, and videos on social networks featured chants of “Death to the dictator.”
“Prisoners, including political prisoners, are completely defenseless” in Evin, said Hadi Ghaemi, director of the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). Amnesty International, for its part, stressed that the Iranian authorities had “a legal obligation to protect the lives of all detainees”.
Source: La Verdad
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