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Evin
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<p>Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of <a href="/facts/Tehran/S8dmdwyG">Tehran</a>. </p><p>The district consists of an old section filled with orchards and gardens of old houses and a new section with high rises and skyscrapers. </p><p>It is adjacent to <a href="/facts/Shahid_Beheshti_University/LFsuJhEs">Shahid Beheshti University</a> campus. It is notorious for the nearby <a href="/facts/Evin_Prison/kXzJAw8d">Evin Prison</a>, a detention center famous for atrocities committed against political prisoners, both in the pre-1979 period and in the post-revolutionary period. </p><p>It is minutes away from the <a href="/facts/Darakeh/Tsurwrdt">Darakeh</a> hiking trail. Hiking is a national pastime in Iran, and this trail thus brings many tourists to the area. </p>