Evin Prison
Evin Prison is a prison located in the Evin neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. Established in 1972, and particularly notorious since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, it has become the Islamic Republic's most infamous detention facility.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ehsan Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Prison
- Description: prison in Tehran, Iran
- Also known as: “Zendan-e Evin”, “Zendān-e Evīn”, and “ندامتگاه اوین”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parsian Azadi Hotel and Tehran International School.
Parsian Azadi Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Ilia4U, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parsian Azadi Hotel is one of the largest and tallest hotels in Tehran, situated in the northern Evin neighborhood, overlooking the city. The hotel has 475 guest rooms & suites. Parsian Azadi Hotel is situated 1 km southeast of Evin Prison.
Tehran International School
School
Tehran International & Adaptive School is an international school located in North Tehran, Iran. It consists of three campuses: girls, boys elementary and boys grade 7–12. Tehran International School is situated 1¼ km south of Evin Prison.
Tehran International Exhibition
Event venue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tehran International Exhibition is an event venue, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Evin Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evin and District 2.
Evin
Neighborhood
Photo: یوسف سعادت, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran. The district consists of an old section with homes surrounded by orchards and gardens and a new section with high rises and skyscrapers.
District 2
Suburb
Photo: Blondinrikard Fröberg, CC BY 2.0.
District 2 of Tehran Municipality, is one of 2 municipality districts of Tehran, which is located in Northeast of Azadi Sq. It stretches from West to Northwest and Azadi St. to South, to Ashrafi Esfahani Highway and Mohammad Ali Jenah Expressway to West, and Chamran Highway to East. District 2 is situated 4½ km southwest of Evin Prison.
District 1
Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shemiranat County is in Tehran province, Iran. Its capital is Tajrish. District 1 is situated 4½ km east of Evin Prison.
Evin Prison
- Categories: architectural ensemble and government building
- Location: Tehran, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.79617° or 35° 47′ 46″ northLongitude
51.3841° or 51° 23′ 3″ eastElevation
1,663 metres (5,456 feet)Open location code
8H7HQ9WM+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 38580702OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Evin Prison” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن إيفين”
- Armenian: “Էվին բանտ”
- Belarusian: “Эвін”
- Belarusian: “Эвінская турма”
- Catalan: “presó d’Evin”
- Central Kurdish: “زیندانی ئێڤین”
- Chinese: “伊温监狱”
- Chinese: “埃文监狱”
- Chinese: “埃温监狱”
- Chinese: “艾文監獄”
- Czech: “Věznice Evín”
- Danish: “Evin Fængsel”
- Danish: “Evin Fængslet”
- Danish: “Evin-fængslet”
- Dutch: “Evin-gevangenis”
- Dutch: “Evingevangenis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن ايفين”
- Estonian: “Evini vangla”
- Finnish: “Evinin vankila”
- French: “prison 209”
- French: “prison d’Evin”
- French: “Prison d’Evin”
- French: “section 209”
- German: “Evin-Gefängnis”
- Hebrew: “כלא אווין”
- Italian: “Carcere di Evin”
- Italian: “Prigione di Evin”
- Japanese: “エヴィーン刑務所”
- Japanese: “エヴィン刑務所”
- Korean: “에빈 교도소”
- Kurdish: “Zîndana Evîn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Evin-fengselet”
- Norwegian: “Evin-fengselet”
- Persian: “بازداشتگاه اوین”
- Persian: “زندان اوین تهران”
- Persian: “زندان اوین”
- Portuguese: “Prisão de Evin”
- Pushto: “ایوین زندان”
- Russian: “Тюрьма Эвин”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Evin”
- Swedish: “Evin-fängelset”
- Swedish: “Evinfängelset”
- Turkish: “Evin Cezaevi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Evin Prison”. Photo: Ehsan Iran, CC BY-SA 2.0.