Jail trouble erupts amid Iran unrest

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 17, 2022 12:06 am

PARIS: A fire and clashes erupted at Tehran's notorious Evin prison on Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a fifth week.

The facility in northern Tehran is infamous for the ill-treatment of political prisoners and also holds foreign detainees. Hundreds of those detained during the demonstrations over Amini's death have reportedly been sent there.

CONTINUING UPHEAVAL This image grab from a UGC video made available on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, shows Iranian protesters chanting slogans as they march on a street in the southeastern city of Zahedan. Cities across Iran have seen protests since 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini died on September 16 after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women. AFP PHOTO

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