Iran opened the doors of its most feared prison to journalists Tuesday, allowing them to interview a jailed Iranian-American academic in a move seen as an effort to blunt criticism of the country's human rights record. The rare look inside Evin Prison — where inmates were seen swimming in an open-air pool, Amnesty International said the tour was not representative of a facility where people have been tortured and political prisoners have been held without charges.
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"We have nothing to hide from the world. And we invited you here to see for yourself that how inmates are treated," a top prison official, Sohrab Soleimani, told reporters.