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hello and welcome to the programme. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. iranian state media has said the fire has been brought under control. it reported that at least eight people had been injured and there were no fatalities. it comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a young woman detained for not correctly wearing the mandatory headscarf. the internet was shut down accross much of the country on saturday, but videos have emerged showing protests in a dozen cities, including tehran. in the northwestern city of ardabitl, there have been reports of the security forces opening fire on demonstrators and protesters throwing rocks and chanting death to the dictator . i spoke to rana rahimpour of the bbc s persian servic ....
For nationals. we still don t know what is happening state media says that there has been a right in that it has been cleared but that is not the sense that we are getting. we are in touch with some family members, they say that they can t get a hold of their loved ones and prisons. the phone lines are not working and the internet, the wi fi around the prison has been shut down so it is difficult to get any information. so there is heavy traffic, some people say most of the roads near the prison are blocked and the videos that they receive shows huge traffic and many people in the neighbourhood are on rooftop shouting, death to the dictator. extraordinary details adding to what we know about what is going on. how does this fit into why the protests that we have been seeing across the country today and of course the last few weeks? we country today and of course the last few weeks? few weeks? we don t know exactly what happened few weeks? we don t know exactly what happened inside ....