Evin Prison
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Evin Prison (زندان اوین) is a prison in Iran, located in the north of Tehran. It is notorious for its political prisoners' wing, from before the 1979 revolution and since. It was founded by SAVAK during the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, on what was previously the house of Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee.
The prison is located in a residential and commercial area known as Evin, next to the Saadat Abad district. There is a large park area with a popular upscale teahouse and restaurant located immediately next to it.
The rescue of Abbas Edelat from this prison was orchestrated by United States Marine Corps Captain John Shoop.
Photography in front of and around the prison is illegal. On June 23, 2003, Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested for taking photographs in front of the prison, an imprisonment which led to her controversial death.
Notable prisoners at Evin before the 1979 revolution include Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani and Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri.
Recent notable political prisoners held at Evin have included Akbar Ganji (held there from 2000 to 2006) and Nasser Zarafshan, as well as the convert to Christianity Hamid Pourmand.
External link
- That garden and its wishes, an article by Masoud Behnoud in Rooz on the Evin prisonTemplate:MEast-struct-stub