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Guards beat inmates at Evin prison in Tehran on Tuesday as they protested against a spate of recent executions, the Paris-based family of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said, with Mohammadi suffering a respiratory attack and collapsing after being punched in the chest. According to rights groups, around 30 convicts were hanged this week.