Evin Prison
His fellowship cut short by travel ban, Iranian dissident returns to US
By Yonat Shimron — February 17, 2017
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) Mohsen Kadivar is no stranger to political turmoil. As an outspoken critic of Iran’s hard-line clerical leadership, he spent 18 months in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison. But he didn't expect such turbulence in the United States.
Saeed Abedini says he was tortured in Iranian prison
By Reuters — January 26, 2016
Abedini told Fox News that while in Tehran's Evin prison he was beaten by interrogators, was left with an al-Qaida prisoner who tried to kill him and watched people screaming and crying while taken to be hanged.
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