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Up the fight and that includes the iranian americans, they are americans but iranian americans, in a terrible prison fire a few weeks ago, and we know the situation in iran, we talked to their daughters yesterday and they are desperate to get some contact with the white house, and some response, like what has happened in the last couple of weeks, and what has happened with brittney griner. so there are a lot of americans, at least 50 around the world who are held in other countries. >> thank you...

Iran on Sunday released security footage that it said came from its notorious Evin Prison the night a fire broke out that killed at least eight inmates, an effort to clarify the government’s narrative amid growing international pressure.

What i used to call it — the valley of hell. so, you can imagine the situation there is really dire. medical care is next to zero. they are living with bedbugs, cockroaches, rats, you name it, and we have it there. we have seen many weeks of protests, of course. how have the public reacted, or people in iran reacted to this prison fire? there has been a lot of anger and concern. families at the time did rush to the prison, and families are still concerned about what has happened to the inmates...

Matter what the cause actually was, it would have been a difficult experience for the inmates. this is a high security prison. the bbc spoke to anoosheh ashoori, a former detainee, who spoke about what it was like. we detainee, who spoke about what it was like-— it was like. we used to call it the valley — it was like. we used to call it the valley of _ it was like. we used to call it the valley of hell. _ it was like. we used to call it the valley of hell. so, - it was like. we used to call...

Iran doubles toll to eight killed in Tehran prison fire

But high risk, to only put in the cabinet people who had voted for her, and that means, thats only a third of the conservative party in parliament. reaction to the chancellors budget plan could determine the prime ministers fate. some tory mps believe her time is up but allies says she can ride this crisis out despite the turmoil lapping at downing streets door. ben wright, bbc news. there have been more anti—government protests in iran, with demonstrators at tehran university shouting slogans...

>> in short, kate, no, i dont trust that. i dont want to guess at the number of people who might have died in the fire over the weekend. but we have seen time and again that islamic republic has lied about death tolls in protests, in natural disasters. this is of course a very unique situation, one that we havent seen before in that country. so, i dont put a lot of credibility in those numbers, no. >> and the video images coming out from the prison fire, they were shocking. i mean you could hear...

Protests against the regime in Iran have been spreading across the country for a month now. Over the weekend, a large fire erupted inside a facility in Tehran known for jailing political prisoners and for rampant human rights abuses. At least eight people are believed to be dead. Amna Nawaz sat down with Neda Shargi, whose brother is currently detained inside Evin Prison.

The fire broke out after a fight between prisoners, in an apparent attempt to distance the events there from ongoing protests in Iran.

More than 60 other people have been injured and the death toll could rise