Iranian-born Canadian fears for his friends in Iranian prison where he spent 11 years
Global News
Saeed Malekpour, living in exile in Vancouver, spent 11 years behind bars in Evin and anxiously watched dramatic videos of the fire on his social media feeds.
Iran state media reports that at least eight people are dead after a fire broke out at the country’s notorious Evin Prison on Oct, 15.
However, the numbers could be much higher since no humanitarian agencies are on the ground to verify the government’s accounts.
Saeed Malekpour, who is living in exile in Vancouver, spent 11 years behind bars in Evin and anxiously watched dramatic videos of the fire on his social media feeds.
Watching the smoke billowing into the sky from the facility in northern Tehran, it took him back to his days and trauma as an Evin inmate.
“I had a lot of friends over there, I was worried about them,” Malekpour said.
“I’m very sad.”
Malekpour said according to his source with Evin Prison, his friends there are alive, but were shot by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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