NCRI – Relatives of several hundred people arrested during a peaceful anti-government demonstration by women on Monday gathered outside Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on Wednesday demanding the release of their loved ones.
The protesters then marched towards the Revolutionary Court on Moalem Street and continued their protest there, after being denied their right to rally outside the prison compound.
Dozens of the women arrested during Monday’s demonstration have been transferred to Evin Prison. Their families expressed deep concern over the fate of their loved ones.
At least 400 people were arrested during the rally held in 7 Tir Square.
Iranian officials routinely play down the scope of anti-government protests and deflate the number of those arrested.
Evin Prison was built as a maximum security prison to house political prisoners, but it became the Iranian regime’s most dreaded gulag and the site of thousands of political executions.