A firefighter’s report on the fire disaster at Evin Prison
According to Iran Gate, while Iran’s judiciary announced the death toll from the Evin Prison fire as 8 people this morning, after two days of conflicting news, a firefighter who was at Evin on the night of the incident told the Ham Mihan newspaper that on the same night we handed over 8 bodies to the authorities.
This firefighter also described Evin as a battlefield on the night of the fire and added that the special forces had fired so much tear gas into the prisoners’ hall that we ourselves were suffocating.
He says that these officers also shot several prisoners, and some others died from suffocation due to tear gas, one of whom was an elderly man.
It should be noted that the names of the deceased have not yet been announced, and many families have been protesting in front of Evin Prison for the past two days. This afternoon, Mohseni Ejei claimed that the Evin fire was caused by enemy agents. He added that the recent crime of the Evin fire was intended to prevent the blossoming of talents and the education of prisoners.