Evin prison

The official death toll was released by Iranian state news agencies, which said the four died from smoke inhalation. Ten of the injured were hospitalised. A ...

Western officials do not think the protests have the critical mass to prompt a revolution. The minister of education, Yousef Nouri, was also forced to deny a student had been killed by security forces in the city of Ardabil after some students refused to sing a version of the national anthem. It also called for the law on the hijab to be clarified since the penal code is too vague. Teargas was used on some of the inmates. He said the “rioters” were separated from the other prisoners to de-escalate the conflict, mainly in wards 7 and 8. Ten of the injured were hospitalised.