Narges Mohammadi

In the early hours following the Israeli attack on Evin Prison, we received a phone call from one of the detainees. According to this report, men and women held in solitary confinement in Ward 209 were taken out of Evin in gray prison uniforms and loaded into vehicles.

Since then, there has been no information about the whereabouts or conditions of detainees held in Evin’s high-security wards — including Ward 209 and Ward 240 (run by the Ministry of Intelligence), Ward 2-A (run by the IRGC), and Ward 241 (run by the Judiciary’s Intelligence Protection Unit).

Where have they been taken? Under what conditions are they being held?

There is growing concern that these prisoners may have been transferred to secret or illegal detention sites, cut off from the outside world.

Meanwhile, we have learned that prisoners from the general wards have been relocated to other prisons:
Evin’s female prisoners have been moved to Qarchak Prison, and male prisoners to the Greater Tehran Prison — both notorious for their harsh and inhumane conditions.

Let us be the voice for the silenced.

(Image: Ward 209, Ministry of Intelligence, Evin Prison)

Narges Mohammadi
June 26, 2025