Qasr Prison

Qasr Prison

Qasr prison is a prison in Tehran. It is one of the oldest Iranian political prisons. [http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jan/1013.html Iranian Political Prisoner Cells to Turn into a Museum] , Peyvand News, March 1, 2005]

History

It was built by the order of Fat′h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1790 in the form of a palace. It was the first prison in Iran in which the prisoners got their legal advantages.

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