In Iran, family members wait and worry outside Evin Prison: Via Los Angeles Times.

Iranians seeking the release of relatives and friends arrested during election protests must contend with a lack of information and conflicting instructions.

Reporting from Tehran -- The mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters wait.

They sip tea, amble around, look at their watches and stare at the posted lists of names, about 700 or 800 of them.

They arrived early outside Evin Prison, the notorious complex of buildings in northern Tehran where most of the Iranians arrested in the recent unrest have been locked up.
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