According to Iran Judiciary spokeperson Asghar Jahangir on sunday, Israel’s attack on he Evin Prison in Iran’s capital Tehran on June 23 killed 71 people
After an air war with Iran, Israel targeted a known jail for political prisoners, demonstrating its readiness to target symbols of Iran’s ruling system in addition to military and nuclear sites.
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“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 neighbours who lived in the prison’s vicinity,” Jahangir said in remarks carried on the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan.
Jahangir had previously said that part of Evin prison’s administrative building had been damaged in the attack and people were killed and injured. The judiciary added that remaining detainees had been transferred to other prisons in Tehran province.
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Evin prison holds a number of foreign nationals, including two French citizens detained for three years.
In an X post, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot had
“The strike targeting Evin prison in Tehran, put our citizens Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris in danger. It is unacceptable,” France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot had said on social media X after the attack.
