Iran: Satellite tv for pc pictures present harm to infamous jail amid protest. See pics | World News

Two days after a large fireplace broke out at Iran's Evin jail amid the continued protests in opposition to hijab (headscarves worn by Muslim girls), satellite tv for pc pictures revealed the harm performed to one of many largest buildings within the complicated.

In response to a report from the Related Press that cited Planet Labs PBC, the photographs confirmed the destruction that occurred as a consequence of a hearth from a big constructing, a part of the northern part of Evin Jail.

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On Saturday evening, a large fireplace broke out on the Evin jail that homes lots of Iran's political prisoners and anti-government activists.

On the identical time, gunshots and clashes had additionally erupted on the jail amid the nationwide protests sparked by the demise of Mahsa Amini. A number of movies on-line confirmed chaotic scenes across the jail as flames rose from the complicated – the sound of gunfire and other people screaming ‘demise to the dictator’ had been additionally heard.

The Iranian judiciary on Monday mentioned that a minimum of eight prisoners had been killed within the fireplace, including that each one these lifeless had been held on theft prices.

A whole bunch of individuals have been killed in Iran to this point throughout protests in opposition to the custodial demise of Amini.

The 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian was pronounced lifeless on September 16 after she was detained for allegedly breaching guidelines that required girls to put on hijab headscarves and modest garments. This sparked Iran's greatest wave of fashionable unrest in a few years.

(With inputs from companies)