Evin
The district consists of an old section, filled with orchards and gardens of old houses, and a new section, with high rises and skyscrapers.[1]
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Evin House of Detention
Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran.
It is adjacent to Shahid Beheshti University campus and is notorious for the nearby Evin Prison, a detention centre famous for atrocities committed against political prisoners, both in the pre-1979 period and in the post-revolutionary period.
It is minutes away from the Darakeh hiking trail. Hiking is a national pastime in Iran, and this trail thus brings many tourists to the area.[2]
References
- "Tehran Photos". Arash Dejkam's Iran Pages. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "Images of Tehran". Iran Online.
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