Posted: Oct 16, 2022 5:45 AM ET | Last Updated: 1 hour agoThe judiciary said four of those injured in Saturday's fire were in critical condition and those killed had died of smoke inhalation, Iranian state media reported.
Before the authorities published the death toll from the fire, families of some political detainees took to social media to call on the authorities to ensure the safety of prisoners at Evin, which in 2018 was blacklisted by the U.S. government for "serious human rights abuses."Iranian authorities said on Saturday that a prison workshop had been set on fire "after a fight among a number of prisoners convicted of financial crimes and theft.
"When the families said they would not leave until they call, give them mobile phones to call, security guards confronted the families," she tweeted. A lawyer representing an American Iranian held at Evin, Siamak Namazi, imprisoned for nearly seven years on espionage-related charges rejected by Washington as baseless, said on Sunday that Namazi had indeed contacted his relatives.
Iran's foreign ministry said Biden had interfered in state matters by showing support for the anti-government protests. The authorities have responded with a brutal crackdown.Rights groups said at least 240 protesters had been killed in the anti-government protests, including 32 minors. Over 8,000 people had been arrested in 111 cities and towns, Iranian activist news agency HRANA said on Saturday.whose deaths have become a rallying cry for more demonstrations across the country.
The protests have attracted international condemnation, with the United States, Canada and some European countries imposing sanctions on Iranian officials and organizations "involved in the clampdown on protesters."
Well, we don't trust what officials say, and multiple official media are also reporting very contradictory and misleading stories...
STOP PARROTING THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT!!! “Iranian officials” are evil, corrupt, murdering villains of the highest order - never never restate what the say as if it’s a fact and stop giving them the figurative podium Get the story from real people, citizens of Iran
How many more will die before before the mysognistic dictatorship falls?