Evin
اوین
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Wikipedia) - 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 towering high rises and gleaming skyscrapers. http://www. dejkam. com/iran/tehran/photo. php?ino=15 It is adjacent to
Shahid Beheshti University campus and is notorious for the nearby
Evin Prison, a detention center famous for atrocities committed against political prisoners, both in pre-1979 period and in the post-revolutionary period. It is minutes away from the popular and beautiful Darakeh hiking trail. Hiking is a national pastime in
Iran, and this trail thus brings many tourists to the area. http://photos. armondavanes. com/Entertainments/Inside%20Tehran/Darakeh/Mountains%20(Dec%2005,%202003)/index. htmlhttp://www. iranonline. com/Iran/Tehran/images/darakeh2. html Evin This article is about the district in Tehran. For other uses, see Evin (disambiguation).Evin House of Detention
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 towering high rises and gleaming skyscrapers.
It is adjacent to Shahid Beheshti University campus and is notorious for the nearby Evin Prison, a detention center famous for atrocities committed against political prisoners, both in pre-1979 period and in the post-revolutionary period.
It is minutes away from the popular and beautiful Darakeh hiking trail. Hiking is a national pastime in Iran, and this trail thus brings many tourists to the area.
External links
- Tehran: Up the mountains in Darakeh
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