Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 14

More than 900 transferred to Evin Prison

The widespread arrest of young protestors and opponents of the regime in Tehran and most other cities which began on Saturday has gained new dimensions. Thousands have so far been arrested.

About 900 of the detainees have been transferred to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. Some 350 have been put in solitary confinement in Evin and the others are being held in Ward 240 of the prison. A number of the detained have been taken to safe-houses of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).

Those arrested in Isfahan have been transferred to wards A-I of the city’s central prison, which are run by the MOIS, and the detainees in Mashhad have been transferred to Vakil-Abad Prison.

Anti-riot forces attacked protests by hundreds of relatives of those arrested who were demonstrating outside the regime’s Justice Department office in Tehran.

In recent days, dozens of protestors have been killed and hundreds injured.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, offered her condolences to the relatives of those ‘martyred’ and called on the population to support their relatives and those detained. She reiterated that the time has come for the international community to condemn the clerical regime’s crimes, and recognize the desire of the Iranian people to rid themselves of the religious dictatorship with all its factions.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
June 16, 2009