A major fire has engulfed the notorious Evin Prison, where many political prisoners have been kept behind bars. According to local sources, repeated gunfire can be heard. The lives of many prisoners are in danger.
At 9:50 PM Tehran Time, a huge explosion was heard which shook the windows of surrounding buildings. Some prisoners are on the roof of the Prison. Chants of “death to the dictator, death to Khamenei,” could be heard from inside Evin.
According to reports from the scene, people from different parts of Tehran have rushed to the Evin Prison to protest and prevent more security forces to raid the jail and slaughtering prisoners. Security forces have been dispatched to disperse the crowd.
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A major fire engulfed #Evin Prison, where repeated gunfire can be heard. The lives of many prisoners are in danger. Mrs. @Maryam_Rajavi called on the international community to intervene immediately and prevent the massacre of prisoners. #IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/qm8pzX9g4T— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) October 15, 2022
The state-run Tasnim news agency claimed: “Immediately after a conflict between prisoners and a fire breaking out of a sewing workshop, the prison officials took action to control the conflict and the fire station located in the prison immediately started the fire extinguishing operation and now the fire has been contained and extinguished.”
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, called on the United Nations, the Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the European Union to intervene immediately to prevent a massacre of Evin prisoners.
Mrs. Rajavi called on the people and the youth in Tehran to rush to aid the families who have converged on Evin Prison to help save the lives of prisoners who are facing fire and shooting by the IRGC.
Reminding a similar incident in the Lakan Prison in the city of Rasht on October 9, Mrs. Rajavi noted that at least 10 prisoners were killed because of the prison guards’ shooting and the fire, while a greater number of prisoners were wounded.
I urge the United Nations, the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the European Union to take urgent action and intervene to prevent the massacre of prisoners in #Evin. #Iran
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) October 15, 2022
According to the official website of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), an eyewitness close to Evin Prison reported at 10:30 p.m. Tehran time: “The prisoners went toward the prison walls and security guards let the dogs loose into the prison and untied their collars. The deafening sound of barking can be heard outside the prison. There is a constant sound of grenade explosions overlapping the barrage of gunfire.”
One of the prisoners’ families in front of Evin Prison said: “We heard 3 explosions similar to RPGs or mortars. Special forces of the provincial guards raided Evin Prison. The regime is trying to send Basij forces from different parts of Tehran to fight the people who gathered here.”
