Rajai Shahr walls come down Land transfer plans follow

Oct 4

IRINN's on-site report shows Rajai Shahr prison walls and towers being demolished in Karaj after a war-related delay; it says the prison has been empty for about three years. It recalls the urban-prison relocation law and an archival Mohseni-Eje'i instruction to change the site's use. The reporter describes sixty hectares and proposed mixed redevelopment. Asiyabi says removal of perimeter walls freed fifty hectares for an investor and that roughly seventeen hectares belonging to the Prisons Organization will be auctioned in one or two weeks. Those figures are not reconciled into an area total. Residents welcome the change, and the report closes with eighty urban prisons still needing relocation and unfunded moves.

IRINN documents demolition of Rajai Shahr prison walls and towers in Karaj and planned land transfer/redevelopment. It says the prison has been empty around three years. The reporter gives sixty hectares, while Asiyabi says fifty were freed for an investor and about seventeen belonging to the organization will be auctioned within one or two weeks; these figures are not harmonized. Residents welcome the change, and funding remains absent for eighty other urban-prison relocations.