Constructed in 1972 under shah mohammad reza pahlavi, evin prison occupies a five-hectare (12-acre) complex in northern tehran that, after the 1979 islamic revolution, was repurposed by the Find out the popularity of the first name evin, what it means and the history of how evin came to be. Evin prison is located in tehran in a residential and commercial area known as evin, next to the saadat abad district.