Evin

{{Short description|Neighbourhood in the north of Tehran, Iran}}

{{about|the district in Tehran||Evin (disambiguation)}}

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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.{{cite web|title=Tehran Photos|url=http://www.dejkam.com/iran/tehran/photo.php?ino=15|website=Arash Dejkam's Iran Pages|accessdate=6 January 2016}}

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.{{cite web|title=Images of Tehran|url=http://www.iranonline.com/Iran/Tehran/images/darakeh2.html|website=Iran Online}}