A huge fire blazed at a notorious Iranian prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the capital.
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. – A huge fire blazed Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital. Online videos and local media reported gunshots, as nationwide protests entered a fifth week.
Witnesses said that police blocked roads and highways to Evin prison and that at least three strong explosions were heard coming from the area. Traffic was heavy along major motorways near the prison, which is in the north of the capital, and many people honked to show their solidarity with protests.
Demonstrators also chanted “Down with the Dictator” on the streets of Ardabil in the country's northwest. Outside of universities in Kermanshah, Rasht and Tehran, students rallied, according to videos on social media. In the city of Sanandaj, a hotspot for demonstrations in the northern Kurdish region, school girls chanted, “Woman, life, freedom,” down a central street.
Public anger in Iran has coalesced around Amini's death, prompting girls and women to remove their mandatory headscarves on the street in a show of solidarity. Other segments of society, including oil workers, have also joined the movement, which has spread to at least 19 cities, becoming one of the greatest challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the country’s 2009 Green Movement.
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Blaze, shots heard from prison in Iran capital amid protestsA huge fire blazed at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital.
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Blaze, shots heard from prison in Iran capital amid protestsA huge fire blazed at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital.
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