Protests and rising tensions in the Islamic Republic of Iran have resulted in several deaths and arrests, driven by the murder of a young Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini. Iran’s descent into chaos urges us to consider the causes for such circumstances to be the case.
Protests have been shaking Iranian cities for nearly a dozen nights, sparked by the death of a young women's rights activist in the custody of the country's morality police.
Riots broke out at the notorious Evin prison in northern Tehran on Saturday night, which houses political prisoners, including two American citizens and a US resident.
State-run IRNA aired footage of the blaze s aftermath on Sunday, showing scorched walls and ceilings in a room it said was the upper floor of a sewing workshop at Evin Prison.