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formerly
called
Qasr
Prison,
was
the
first
central
prison
in
Tehran.
The
prison
is
now
shut
down
and
is
being
visited
by
the
public
as
the
cultural,
historical
and
artistic
center
of
the
country,
under
the
name
of
the
Garden
of
the
Palace
Museum,
located
on
the
highway
of
Shahid
Sayyid
Shirazi
Highway.
Qasr
Prison
was
opened
on
December
11,
1308
by
Reza
Shah.
The
initial
phase
of
the
prison,
which
was
inaugurated
at
that
time,
was
192
rooms
with
a
capacity
of
800
detainees.
Later,
and
until
the
construction
of
Evin
Prison
in
the
forties,
the
prison
was
the
only
prison
in
the
capital.
During
this
period,
the
Palace
of
Prisons
developed
a
lot.
After
the
Islamic
Revolution
of
Iran,
this
prison
was
a
place
of
imprisonment
for
non-political
prisoners.
In
2004,
this
prison
closed
and
municipality
began
to
destroy
parts
of
it.
Eventually,
in
1391,
by
the
municipality
it
became
the
museum's
garden,
and
on
November
14,
1391,
with
the
presence
of
the
mayor
of
Tehran
and
a
group
of
artists
for
public
visitation,
the
opening
ceremony
was
held.
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