Published by IranWire 

If you think Tehran’s notorious Evin prison is the worst in the country, you clearly haven’t heard of Qarchak, about 50 kilometers further to the south, located in the outskirts of the Iranian capital. Qarchak is a women’s prison, holding up to 2,000 inmates in a space hardly fit for a third of that. Women charged with murder, armed robbery or drug charges are held there, as are political prisoners, including the world-renowned lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.

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