Evin Prison (زندان اوین) is a prison in Iran, located in the north of Tehran. It is notorious for its political prisoners' wing, from before the 1979 revolution and since. It was founded by SAVAK during the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, on what was previously the house of Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee. Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran Tehran (also transcribed Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 9,000,000 (metropolitan: 14,000,000), and a land area of 254 square miles, the capital of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province. ... Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... SAVAK (Persian: ساواک, short for سازمان اطلاعات Ùˆ امنیت کشور Sazeman-i Ettelaat va Amniyat-i Keshvar, Organization for Intelligence and National Security) was the domestic security and intelligence service of Iran from 1957–1979. ... His Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (اعلیحضرت محمدرضا شاه پهلوی; October 26, 1919 – July 27, 1980) also knows as Aryamehr, was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979. ... Seyyed Ziaeddin Tabatabaee (سید ضیاءالدین طباطبایی) (1888 - 1969) was a Persian politician, and the Prime Minister of Persia from February, 1921 to May, 1921 under Ahmad Shah Qajar. ...

The prison is located in a residential and commercial area known as Evin, next to the Saadat Abad district. There is a large park area with a popular upscale teahouse and restaurant located immediately next to it. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The rescue of Abbas Edelat from this prison was orchestrated by United States Marine Corps Captain John Shoop. United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ...

Photography in front of and around the prison is illegal. On June 23, 2003, Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested for taking photographs in front of the prison, an imprisonment which led to her controversial death. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (i. ... Zahra Ziba Kazemi-Ahmadabadi (زهرا کاظمی احمدآبادی in Persian)‎ (1949 - July 11, 2003) was an Iranian (Persian)-born freelance photographer, residing in Montreal (Canada), who died in custody of Iranian officials following her arrest in her native country. ...

Notable prisoners at Evin before the 1979 revolution include Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani and Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri. This page refers to the year 1979. ... Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri (حسینعلی منتظری in Persian) was one of the leaders of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. ...

As of June 2005, the most notable political prisoners at Evin are Akbar Ganji and Nasser Zarafshan. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Akbar Ganji (اکبر گنجی in Persian) is an Iranian journalist and writer, imprisoned in Evin prison since April 22, 2000 after he took part in a conference held in Berlin on April 7 and 8, 2000. ...

External link

• That garden and its wishes, an article by Masoud Behnoud in Rooz on the Evin prison
• The Mullahs' Killing Fields