A huge fire affects the Evin prison in Tehran

Oct. 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Iranian authorities have confirmed a fire declared this Sunday in the Evin prison, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, while independent media have warned of explosions and shots in the prison.

The videos of the spectacular fire have been broadcast on social networks while media such as Radio Farda, a station in Farsi financed by the United States, reported that the security forces have used tear gas to disperse the families of the prisoners concentrated after learning of the fire .

Inside the prison there would have been at least three explosions and the situation is unknown, although official media assure that the incident is already under control.

According to Radio Farda, the fire started in wing 7, where initially the prisoners were held during the wave of protests in 2008. However, later the majority were prisoners for financial crimes and then the “thugs”. Now there would also be political prisoners in wings 7 and 8 of the prison and that would be where a riot and then the fire would have originated, always according to Radio Farda.

The prison telephones are completely disconnected from 9:00 p.m., as happens every night, so the relatives of the prisoners have no news of the situation inside.

OFFICIAL VERSION

The Iranian state news agency IRNA has reported that the fire has been put out and of “incidents and clashes” in the wing in which “thugs” set fire to prison bedding.

“The situation is now fully under control and calm has returned to the prison. Fire trucks are working to put out the fire in the lingerie,” a spokesman was quoted as saying by IRNA. The “troublemakers” have been separated from the rest of the inmates and the others have been able to return to their cells, he added.

The Media Center of the Iranian Judiciary has reported that “a fire broke out in a sewing workshop in the prison after clashes started by several convicted prisoners.” “The guards have taken the necessary measures to control the confrontations,” he stressed.

“The Police have helped to restore calm and bring the situation in Evin under control as quickly as possible and the dispute and riots caused by the prisoners have been resolved,” he stressed.