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Iran's prison fire death toll rises to eight -judiciary

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 toll in an incident that has increased pressure on a government already facing protests over a woman's death in police custody.

Reuters

4 prisoners killed and 61 injured as huge fire sweeps through Evin prison in Iran

Four prisoners at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, have died and 61 others treated for injuries due to a fire as the country enters its fifth week of anti-government protests following the death of Mahsa Amini

Daily Mirror

Blaze at Iran’s notorious Evin prison put out after fight and gunshots reported

Witness say special forces joined firefighters at prison blacklisted by US for human rights abuses

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Eight died in a fire at Iran's Evin prison, which holds political prisoners

Iran's judiciary raised the death toll Monday in a blaze at Tehran's notorious Evin prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed as protests continue nationwide.

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Siamak Namazi Returns to Prison in Iran

Iranian American businessman Siamak Namazi was forced to return to Tehran's Evin prison on Wednesday after Iranian authorities had given him a furlough on Oct. 1 and let his elderly father leave Iran for medical treatment on Oct. 5, their lawyer said. Namazi, who in 2016 was convicted of espionage-related…

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Iranian American Siamak Namazi returns to prison in Iran

Reuters

US Denies Releasing Iranian Funds Held Abroad in Exchange for Setting Namazi Free

The Biden administration has welcomed Iran allowing the US-Iranian dual national Bagher Namazi to leave the country after having banned him from travel for seven years but denied that the release was linked to unfreezing Iranian funds in South Korea. Namazi’s son, Siamak Namazi, was also granted a provisional release…

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Iranian American held in Tehran for seven years granted temporary release

Siamak Namazi, convicted along with father on espionage charges freed from Evin prison on one-week renewable furlough

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U.S. citizen allowed to leave Iranian prison for a week

Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for nearly seven years on espionage-related charges rejected by Washington as baseless, has been allowed out of Tehran's Evin prison on a one-week furlough, his lawyer said on Saturday.

Reuters

Father who survived prison ‘hell’ in Iran set to run the London Marathon

Anoosheh Ashoori survived the ‘valley of hell’ in Iran’s Evin prison and is now training to run the London Marathon.

The Independent UK

Anoosheh Ashoori: London Marathon dream of Iran detainee nears reality

British-Iranian who set goal while at notorious Evin prison says he wants ‘something good to come out of all that pain’

The Guardian - UK

‘The Foreign Office has forgotten us’: Morad Tahbaz’s daughter speaks out on him still being incarcerated in Iran

He should have been sent home with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in March, yet Moran Tahbaz is still being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Now his eldest daughter Roxanne is demanding action

The Guardian - UK

‘A nightmare’: Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s 804 days as a victim of Iran’s hostage diplomacy

Two years after the British-Australian academic was released from Tehran’s Evin prison, she remains marked by her ordeal and anxious that western governments have no better strategies to respond to Iran’s ‘blackmail’

The Guardian - AU

Anoosheh Ashoori Accuses Johnson of 'Opportunism' after Release from Iran Prison

Anoosheh Ashoori, a former detainee in Iran, has accused Boris Johnson of ‘opportunism’, claiming the prime minister only reached out to him after his release from detention. The 67-year-old British-Iranian was held in Tehran’s Evin prison for five years after a visit to Iran in August 2017 to see his…

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The Guardian - UK

‘You cannot put the pain into words’: Anoosheh Ashoori on his detention in Iran

Arrested on spying charges and held for four years, Ashoori describes interrogation and threats to his family

The Guardian - AU

Monday briefing: Ukraine refuses to give up Mariupol

Joe Biden to visit Poland on Europe trip … Morad Tahbaz moved from Evin prison to a hotel … and Chloë Sevigny on Hollywood, fame and family

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Sister of US-UK National Still in Iran Pleads for Help

The sister of an Iranian-American environmentalist made a plea for his release after two dual nationals including British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe were allowed to leave the country this week. Taraneh Tahbaz told Reuters that her brother, Morad Tahbaz, who also holds British citizenship, had been taken back to prison…

Daily Mirror

Jailed Brit national starts hunger strike in Iran 'after lack of Foreign Office help'

Anoosheh Ashoori has been held in Evin prison in Tehran for more than four years. On a routine visit to see his mum in August 2017, he was bundled into a car and jailed.

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