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Evin Prison
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Background
Evin Prison (Persian: زÙدا٠اÙÛÙ, romanized: Zendân-e-Evin) is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. Established in 1972, and particularly notorious since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, it has become the Islamic Republic's most infamous detention facility. The prison serves as the primary site for incarcerating political prisoners, journalists, academics, human rights activists, dual nationals, and foreign citizens accused of espionage or propaganda offenses. The prison has become internationally known for its systematic human rights abuses. Numerous reports document torture methods such as beatings, electric shocks, mock executions, prolonged solitary confinement, forced confessions, sleep deprivation, and sexual abuse.
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Capacity
320
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1963
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1963
Region
District 2
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Yusef Azizi Bani-Torof1951 · journalistYousef Azizi (Bani-Torof) (born April 21, 1951 in Susangerd, Iran) is an Iranian Arab journalist living in exile in London, United Kingdom.
- Sattar Beheshti1977–2012 · blogger
Mansour Osanlou1960 · workerMansour Osanlou (Persian: Ù ÙصÙر اساÙÙÙ) is a trade union activist in Iran, where he was imprisoned several times from 2005 to 2008.
Mitra Farahani1975 · film directorMitra Farahani (in Persian: Ù Ûترا ÙراÙاÙÛ; born 1975) is an Iranian filmmaker and painter who currently lives in Paris.
- Kamran Ghaderi? · businessperson
Kamran Ghaderi (Persian: کا٠را٠ÙادرÛ) is an Iranian-Austrian businessman who was imprisoned in Iran until 2023.
- Nahid Taghavi1954
Fariba Adelkhah1959 · anthropologistFariba Adelkhah (Persian: ÙرÛبا عادÙØ®ÙاÙ; born 25 April 1959) is a French-Iranian anthropologist and academic at Sciences Po who was imprisoned in Iran from 2019 until 2023.
Ahmad Batebi1977 · journalistAhmad Batebi (Persian: اØ٠د باطبÛ; born July 25, 1977) is an Iranian activist who was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe1978 · public relations executiveNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (née Zaghari; Persian: ÙازÙÛ٠زاغرÛ; born 26 December 1978) is an Iranian-British dual citizen who was detained in Iran from 3 April 2016 to 16 March 2022 as part of a long-running dispute between Britain and Iran.
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Contact & address
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q387503)
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- Wikimedia Commons
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Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Evin Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/evin-prison
Chicago
"Evin Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/evin-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-evin-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Evin Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/evin-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}