Under the cloak of darkness on June 23, 2025, the Iranian regime carried out a violent and sudden purge of Evin Prison, forcibly relocating hundreds of inmates, most of them political prisoners, to notoriously brutal detention centers. This operation, disguised as a necessary security measure following a reported attack on the prison, is a chilling signal of the regime’s intent to intensify its war on dissent. This is not a relocation for safety; it is a calculated step toward isolating and eliminating political opponents, echoing the darkest chapters of the regime’s history.
The transfer was executed with deliberate cruelty. “On the night of Monday, June 23, 2025, authorities in Evin prison violently and hastily transferred all inmates from wards 7, 4, and 8—most of whom are political prisoners—using 20 buses,” according to a statement by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Armed guards under the command of Evin’s notorious head, Hedayat Farzadi, gave prisoners no time to gather their belongings. Shackled and handcuffed, they were herded onto buses with only minimal personal items, their vital medications left behind.
The prisoners were not moved to safety but cast into deeper circles of hell. Male inmates were sent to the Greater Tehran Penitentiary (Fashafouyeh), while female prisoners were dispatched to the infamous Qarchak Prison. The conditions awaiting them reveal the punitive nature of the transfer. At Fashafouyeh, “40 prisoners have been crammed into each room [designed for 20], forced to sleep on the floor without beds,” the NCRI warns. Some were even placed in the prison’s prayer room. The entire hall, packed with sick and vulnerable inmates, has access to only one bathroom, creating an unlivable and unsanitary environment. Female prisoners in Qarchak face similarly deplorable conditions and have been denied any contact with their worried families. (Read More)
