there s no doubt that we can supply the ukrainians with what they need. and it s coming strong, it s coming with heavy equipment. it s coming steadily. and that s going to continue. there s no sign that the administration is slacking off on its support. the ukrainians, as you know, are on a counteroffensive that is pushing russians back toward where is they came from. ambassador william taylor, thank you so much. always enjoy having you on. thank you, fredricka. all right. in iran, at least four prisoners have reportedly died and another 6 injured at the country s notorious prison in northern tehran. they died of smoke inhalation, that was deliberately started in a warehouse. gunshots were heard, and iranian special forces were seen heading to the area. the prison is known for housing political prisoners.
iranian state media said four prisoners were killed and another 61 injured in a fire at the brutal prison in northern tehran. the facility holds hundreds of political dissidented. iran state news said deaths were from smoke inhalation. they said thugs set fire to a warehouse full of prison clothing. and fareed zakaria joining me to talk about this. i thought this was really noteworthy when this was going down over the last 24 to 48 hours. tehran s prosecutor insist this is had nothing to do with the recent protests. but do you believe that? it seems hard to imagine that they would deliberately do it because i m not sure what would be the point of it. but you could never put anything past these people. this is a very tough regime.
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newsroom. we begin this hour with breaking news in iran where large plumes of smoke can be seen rising from an infamous prison in tehran. officials there confirming a fire has been set by the inmates of that prison. let s go to cnn s jamana. what more are you learning? we re still trying to find out what really is happening or happened at the prison. that notorious facility in northern tehran. of course, that prison that where many political prisoners, human rights activists, journalists, foreigners are kept in tehran. now, an hour ago, we started seeing video on social media
very difficult for us to report from inside iran to get information on what s going on, on the ground, in iran, so we have had to rely on various sources and trying to confirm what is really happening right now. what we know is that there was a fire at evin prison, as you mentioned, that notorious facility where political prisoners, activists, human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, some of iran s best and brightest are held as well as foreigners who are arrested in iran are also held in evin prison. now, a couple of hours ago, we began seeing social media video circulating, coming from an activist group that shows this thick black plume of smoke over the prison in northern tehran. you can hear gunfire in some of the video that has emerged as well. that same activist group reporting that iranian special forces were heading towards evin prison.