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The head of the Tehran Province Judiciary and the Tehran prosecutor visited the prison where detained women are held
Iranian government-affiliated news agencies and media have published images of the visit by Ali Alghasi, the head of the Tehran Province Judiciary, and Ali Salehi, the Tehran prosecutor, to the Greater Tehran Penitentiary
These media outlets have stated that this prison is where women and girls arrested in recent Tehran protests are held. There is no exact information on the number of detainees, but it is said that the number of detainees in the recent protests in Iran reaches thousands
The Fashafouyeh Prison, or the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary, is called the largest prison in the Middle East
This prison was initially built for drug offenders, but in recent years, political and security prisoners have been transferred to this prison