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Sunday, June 29, 2025
Iran claims 71 were killed in Israeli strike on Evin prison
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A spokesperson for Iran’s judiciary says an Israeli strike on Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison last week killed 71 people, including visiting families and people living in nearby buildings.
“In the attack on Evin prison, 71 people were martyred including administrative staff, youth doing their military service, detainees, family members of detainees who were visiting them and neighbors who lived in the prison’s vicinity,” Jahangir says in remarks carried on the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said on June 23 that an Israeli airstrike hit the gate of the complex, in what was apparently a move meant to help prisoners escape. The facility, infamous among activists for torture and rights abuses, holds political prisoners including journalists, academics, human rights activists, foreign nationals and others.
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A picture published by the news site shows what appears to be significant damage to the facility, with windows blown out and a courtyard strewn with rubble.
Jahangir says the attack damaged a health center, visitor’s hall and prosecutor’s office.
Reuters contributed to this report.
The Times of Israel Community.