“The state of affairs is at the moment fully underneath management,” stated a senior safety official.(File)
Tehran:
“Troubles” erupted between inmates and guards at Tehran’s Evin jail and a hearth broke out however the state of affairs is “underneath management”, Iranian state media reported Saturday.
“Troubles and clashes happened on Saturday night time” within the jail and “rioters” began a hearth, the IRNA information company stated, citing a senior safety official.
“The state of affairs is at the moment fully underneath management,” the supply stated.
“Calm has been restored and firefighters are working to place out the flames,” the supply stated, including that “thugs” had set fireplace to a garments storage space.
The judiciary’s official web site Mizan On-line stated that part of the jail caught fireplace “following a battle between a number of detainees”.
Citing the jail service, Mizan stated police have been “referred to as on to assist jail guards restore calm in Evin as rapidly as potential”.
“The hearth has been put out,” the report stated.
The unrest on the jail got here as Iran has been rocked by weeks of protests since Mahsa Amini’s loss of life on September 16, three days after she was arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the nation’s strict gown code for ladies.
The road violence has led to dozens of deaths, principally amongst protestors but additionally members of the safety forces, whereas tons of have been arrested.
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