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Prison in Tehran, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heshmatiyeh Prison (Persian: زندان حشمتیه Zendān Heshmatiyeh) is a prison in Iran, located on a Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) base, in the North-East of Tehran.[1] It is noted for its political prisoners' wing.
In 2011 it was suggested that Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and their wives Zahra Rahnavard and Fatemeh Karroubi were being detained in the prison after abduction by security forces.[2][3]
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