(29 Jun 2025)
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Tehran, Iran – 29 June 2025
1. Pan to visiting area of prison, building severely damaged at Tehran’s Evin prison
2. Picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader on wall
3. Various of wreckage of building
4. Holes in wall
5. Wide of destroyed building and rubble
6. Soldier showing damage to reporters
7. Tilt down sign reading "ladies entrance"
8. Various of building interior with rubble scattered on floor
9. Man holding his foot on what is reportedly part of the missile that hit the prison
10. Various of rubble on floor
11. Hole in ceiling
12. Pictures of Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s late leader, on wall
13. Broken window
14. Flags of Iran and its judiciary
15. Whiteboard and rubble, text on whiteboard reading "Martyrdom is the art of men of God.", "congratulations on martyrdom of (prosecutor Ali) Ghanaatkar" , "death to America and its rabid dog, Israel"
16. Various of light bulbs and wires hanging from ceiling
17. Tilt up entrance of "Evin House of detention 48-bed Hospital"
18. Close of sign
19. Hospital beds covered with rubble and dust
20. Various of rubble and damaged walls, windows and stairs
STORYLINE:
At least 71 people were killed in Israel’s attack on Tehran’s Evin prison, a notorious facility where many political prisoners and dissidents have been held, Iran’s judiciary said on Sunday.
Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir posted on the office’s official Mizan news agency website that those killed on Monday included staff, soldiers, prisoners and members of visiting families.
It was not possible to independently verify the claim.
Footage by the Associated Press showed the extent of the damage to the facility, with walls blown away, collapsed ceilings and piles of rubble strewn inside and out.
The June 23 attack, the day before the ceasefire between Israel and Iran took hold, hit several prison buildings and prompted concerns from rights groups about the safety of the inmates.
It remains unclear why Israel targeted the prison, but it came on a day when the Defense Ministry said it was attacking “regime targets and government repression bodies in the heart of Tehran.”
The news of the prison attack was quickly overshadowed by an Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Qatar later that same day, which caused no casualties, and the announcement of the ceasefire.
Jahangir did not break down the casualty figures but said the attack had hit the prison’s infirmary, engineering building, judicial affairs and visitation hall, where visiting family members were killed and injured.
On the day of the attack, the New York-based Centre for Human Rights in Iran criticized Israel for striking the prison, seen as a symbol of the Iranian regime’s repression of any opposition, saying it violated the principle of distinction between civilian and military targets.
At the same time, the group said Iran was legally obligated to protect the prisoners held in Evin, and slammed authorities in Tehran for their “failure to evacuate, provide medical assistance or inform families” following the attack.
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