Evin

Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran.

This article is about the district in Tehran. For other uses, see Evin (disambiguation).

The district consists of an old section filled with orchards and gardens of old houses and a new section with high rises and skyscrapers.

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.

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