Prison blaze: Deadly Iran jail fire erupted as police clashed with inmates, sources say
Reuters correspondents investigate circumstances around a deadly fire in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison…
Iran prison fire death toll grows as some EU states call for sanctions
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Eight prisoners died as a result of a fire at Tehran’s Evin prison over the weekend, Iran’s judiciary said on Monday, doubling the death toll from a blaze that has increased pressure on the government as it struggles to contain mass protests. The fate of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian […]
Iran prison fire kills four, injures 61 as protests persist
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters A fire at Iran’s Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman’s death in police custody continued on Sunday, including at several universities. Iranian authorities said on Saturday that a prison workshop had been set on fire “after […]
Fire, gunshots at Tehran jail holding political prisoners, dual nationals
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters A fire broke out on Saturday in Tehran’s Evin prison, where many of Iran’s political and dual-national detainees are held, and witnesses reported hearing gunfire. State news agency IRNA said eight people were injured in the unrest, which erupted after nearly a month of protests across Iran over the death in […]
Iranian pastor ends hunger strike
Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani – currently serving a 10 year prison sentence in Tehran for “acting against the national interest” – has ended a three week hunger strike held to protest bars on his children’s education. Nadarkhani began the strike on 23rd September after his 15 year-old son Yoel was informed he could not return to school […]
“Staggering” number of Christians arrested in Iran – 114 in a week
World Watch Monitor More than 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past week and nearly 150 in the past month, as part of the government’s attempt to “warn” Christians against proselytising over Christmas, according to the advocacy director of religious freedom charity Article 18. Mansour Borji called the number of arrests – […]
US commission calls for Iranian Christians’ release after “new miscarriage of justice”
World Watch Monitor From left: Saheb Fadaie, Youcef Nadarkhani, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Mohammad Reza Omidi. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of an Iranian pastor and three of his church members, after they were taken to prison last week to serve 10 year sentences for “acting against national […]
Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani taken to Evin Prison after violent raid on home
World Watch Monitor Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been taken to Evin Prison in the capital, Tehran, after a violent raid on his home in the northern city of Rasht on Sunday. The pastor was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July of last year, alongside three members of his congregation, and had been expecting a summons […]
Temporary release for one Iranian Christian, court hearings for others
World Watch Monitor An Iranian Christian imprisoned last year for actions against national security has been granted “a few days” leave of absence, according to London-based advocacy organisation Article 18. Sevada Aghaser, a choir leader in an Armenian Orthodox church in the capital Tehran, is serving a five-year sentence in the capital’s notorious Evin Prison following […]
Iranian Christian Maryam Naghash Zargaran released after four years in prison
World Watch Monitor Maryam Naghash Zargaran spent four years in prison and undertook several hunger strikes to protest against being denied medical care. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor After four years’ imprisonment for “violating national security”, Iranian Christian Maryam Naghash Zargaran was released from Tehran’s Evin prison on Tuesday night. She was due to be […]