Iran’s judiciary said on Monday that eight prisoners died as a result of a fire at Tehran’s Evin prison over the weekend. It stated that the blaze on Saturday evening was started by prisoners in a workshop after a fight and that those killed had died of smoke inhalation. All were from a section of the prison for inmates jailed for robbery-related crimes, it added.
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