title: Evin
text: # Evin
  
  Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran.
  
  The district consists of an old section filled with orchards and gardens of old houses and a new section with high rises and skyscrapers.
  
  It is adjacent to Shahid Beheshti University campus. It is notorious for the nearby Evin Prison, a detention center famous for atrocities committed against political prisoners, both in the pre-1979 period and in the post-revolutionary period.
  
  It is minutes away from the Darakeh hiking trail. Hiking is a national pastime in Iran, and this trail thus brings many tourists to the area.
  
  