Evin
Neighbourhood in the north of Tehran, Iran
Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran.
The district consists of an old section filled with orchards and gardens of old houses and a new section with high rises and skyscrapers.[1]
It is adjacent to Shahid Beheshti University campus. It is notorious for the nearby Evin Prison, a detention center famous for atrocities committed against political prisoners, both in the pre-1979 period and in the post-revolutionary period.
It is minutes away from the Darakeh hiking trail. Hiking is a national pastime in Iran, and this trail thus brings many tourists to the area.[2]
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External links
- Tehran: Up the mountains in Darakeh
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