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Israel largely destroyed Evin prison, one of Iran’s most infamous symbols of oppression, in June. Less than two months later, ...
Iran moves 600 prisoners back into damaged Evin Prison, still partly destroyed after Israel’s strike, fueling anger over dire ...
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of an indiscriminate strike on Tehran’s Evin prison during the recent war with Iran, while ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Human Rights Watch alleged Thursday that an Israeli airstrike on a notorious Iranian prison was “an apparent ...
Israeli strikes on Evin Prison in Tehran killed at least 80 people, including prisoners, their families, and prison staff, ...
Iranian state media reported that authorities on Friday returned a group of inmates to Evin prison, which Israel targeted during an airstrike in June. A report by the official IRNA news agency said ...
Israeli airstrikes on Iran's Evin prison complex in Tehran on June 23, 2025, were unlawfully indiscriminate and an apparent ...
Evin Prison, located in an upscale neighborhood on Tehran’s northern edge, housed an estimated 120 men and women in its general wards, as well as hundreds of others believed to be in its ...
Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s Evin prison complex in Tehran on June 23, 2025, were unlawfully indiscriminate and an apparent ...
Hosein said Hamedi is being held in Evin's Section 209 -- notorious for housing prisoners of conscience -- and did not have information about other areas of the prison.
At least four people were killed and another 61 injured when a fire broke out at Iran’s Evin prison, known for housing political prisoners and infamous for its human rights abuses, the country ...
Namazi was moved to a secure area of the prison and has spoken to his family, Genser said. A workshop at Evin prison in Tehran on Oct. 16, 2022 following the blaze.