Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran’s Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and began to…
The patrols at the Tehran jail began without any apparent provocation by inmates, the sources said. These patrols continued from Thursday to Saturday, when some prisoners reacted by shouting for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, echoing protests raging across Iran since September.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The prisoner and other sources spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity due to concern for their safety. Reuters sought comment from prison officials, the Interior Ministry and officials at the judiciary via telephone and by sending written text messages with questions regarding key points, including the account by sources about the deployment of riot police on Oct. 13. They have not responded.
The country was already tense on the evening of Oct. 15, when videos on social media showed a fire and plumes of smoke rising from the prison as gunshots rang out, and objects were seen being thrown into the complex. The prisoner and activists said no inmates could have been at the workshop in mid-evening, because they would have been locked in at that time. Evin’s cells are shut between 5 and 6 p.m., depending on prayer time.Tensions rose when inmates, provoked by the riot police chanting religious slogans and hammering batons on cell doors, responded with “Death to Khamenei.” Then, at about 8 p.m., shots were fired by the riot police, sources said.
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