State television in Iran reports a fire at the Evin prison, but maintains the situation is "under control."

 An Oslo-based rights organisation said that on Saturday night, as the protest movement prompted by Mahsa Amini's murder in captivity entered its sixth week, fire and bullets broke out at Tehran's notorious Evin prison.

Mahsa Amini and the protracted demonstrations in Iran are explained

In video footage posted on Twitter by Iran Human Rights, flames and a cloud of smoke could be seen rising into the night sky, and pops of what appeared to be gunshots could be heard.

The 1500tasvir social media channel, which tracks demonstrations and police misconduct, posted on Twitter that "a fire is developing in Evin prison" and that a "explosion was heard" inside the institution.

At Tehran's Evin prison, "troubles" broke out between convicts and guards, and a fire started, but the situation is "under control," Iranian official television claimed on Saturday.

According to a senior security official quoted by the IRNA news agency, "clashes and disturbances took place on Saturday night" in the prison, and inmates even lit a fire. The person continued, "Right now, everything is perfectly under control."

Despite internet outages, angry protesters returned to the streets once more across Iran on Saturday as the uprising prompted by Mahsa Amini's murder in detention entered its fifth week.

Mahsa Amini, age 22, passed away on September 16—three days after going into a coma as a result of being detained by Iran's notorious morality police for allegedly breaking the country's severe clothing code for women.

The largest wave of public protests to hit the nation in years has been led by young women.

In a video that went viral online, women without hijabs at a rally at Tehran's Shariati Technical and Vocational College screamed, "Guns, tanks, fireworks; the mullahs must be lost."

In video that AFP authenticated, dozens of jeering and whistling protestors attacked security personnel near a prominent roundabout in Hamedan, a city west of Tehran.

Videos posted on Twitter showed demonstrators flooding the streets of the northwest city of Ardabil despite what Internet traffic monitor NetBlocks dubbed a "significant disruption to internet service."

The US president has backed the protests spearheaded by women.

Joe Biden remarked late on Friday, "I want you to know that we stand with the people, the heroic women of Iran."What it awakened in Iran astounded me. Something was roused by that, and I doubt it will be quieted for a very long time."According to the Oslo-based organisation Iran Human Rights, at least 108 people have died in the Amini protests, and at least 93 more have perished in separate skirmishes in Zahedan, the capital of the southeast province of Sistan-Baluchestan.Despite what Amnesty International has described as a "unrelenting savage onslaught" that included a "all-out attack on kid protestors," the disturbance has persisted and at least 23 minors have died as a result.Britain, Canada, and the United States have all condemned the crackdown internationally and imposed penalties on Iran.The US and Israel, among other nations' adversaries, have been charged by Iran's supreme leader with inciting the "riots."As the EU is ready to slap further sanctions on the Islamic republic, foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has urged the bloc to take a "sensible approach" to the Amini protests.He said in a statement on Friday, "Who would suppose that the death of one girl is so important to Westerners?"


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