The Evin Prison prison-ghost and martyr-memory tradition

Record summary

Evin Prison is a well-documented Iranian detention site whose 1980s history includes political imprisonment, executions and extensive survivor testimony. In later memoiristic and cultural discussions, the prison can be represented as a place haunted by the dead or by the memory of violence. This is a useful comparison lead because it tests the boundary between literal ghost claims, martyr remembrance and politically charged place-memory. The existence of the prison and its historical role are secure, but a discrete 1970–1989 paranormal report is not recalled with confidence. Search Persian memoirs, oral histories and newspapers for an identifiable episode.