Iran’s judiciary says at least 71 killed in Israel’s attack on Tehran’s notorious Evin prison

At least 71 people were killed during the attack on Israel against the prison of Evin de Tehran, a notorious establishment where many political prisoners and dissidents were detained, said judicial Iran on Sunday.

The magistracy spokesman Asghar Jahangir published on the official website of the Mizan office news agency that people killed on Monday included staff, soldiers, prisoners and visiting families. It was not possible to check the complaint independently.

The attack on June 23, the day before the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, struck several prison buildings and aroused concerns of rights for defense of rights concerning the security of detainees.

It is still not known why Israel has targeted prison, but he came one day when the Ministry of Defense said that he would attack “regime targets and government repression organizations at the heart of Tehran”.

The news of the prison attack was quickly overshadowed by an Iranian attack on an American base in Qatar later the same day, which did not victim and the announcement of the ceasefire.

Jahangir did not break down the victims’ figures, but said the attack had struck the prison infirmary, the engineering building, legal affairs and the visit room, where visiting family members were killed and injured.

On the day of the attack, Center for Human Rights in Iran, based in New York, criticized Israel for having struck the prison, considered as a symbol of repression by the Iranian regime of any opposition, affirming that it had violated the principle of distinction between targets and military objectives.

At the same time, the group said that Iran was legally forced to protect prisoners detained in Evin and criticized the authorities to Tehran for their “non-evacuation to evacuate, provide medical assistance or inform families” after the attack.

Jahangir said some of the injured had been treated on the spot, while others were sent to hospitals.

Iran had previously announced any turnover, although he confirmed on Saturday that the main prosecutor Ali Ghanaatkar – including dissident prosecution, including the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Narges Mohammadi, led to general criticism by human rights groups – had been killed during the attack.

He was one of the approximately 60 people for whom a huge procession of public funerals took place on Saturday in Tehran, and he was to be buried in a QOM sanctuary on Sunday.

Israel attacked Iran on June 13 in order to destroy the country’s nuclear program.

More than 12 days before the declaration of a ceasefire, Israel said that they had killed around 30 Iranian commanders and 11 nuclear scientists, while hitting eight nuclear facilities and more than 720 military infrastructure sites. More than 1,000 people were killed, including at least 417 civilians, according to the group of human rights activists based in Washington.

In retaliation, Iran has drawn more than 550 ballistic missiles in Israel, most of which were intercepted, but those who have suffered damage in many regions and killed 28 people.

While the two parties joined the truce, Iranian officials raised on Sunday if Israel would continue to hold out.

Abdolrahim Mousavi, the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, said in a conversation with the Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia that the country was prepared if there should be another surprised Israeli attack.

“We did not launch the war, but we responded to the attacker of all our forces, and as we have complete doubts about the enemy’s membership to his commitments, including the cease-fire, we are ready to give them a strong response if they repeat the aggression,” said Mousavi, according to the Iranian state television agency Irna.

Meanwhile, many things are not clear even on Sunday on the status of the Iranian nuclear program, which prompted the initial Israeli attack. US President Donald Trump said US strikes have “erased” the program while the Iranians say he exaggerates.

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told CBS “Face The Nation” in an interview which should be broadcast on Sunday that Iran’s capacities remain, but it is impossible to know the calendar or access the total damage to the program unless the inspectors are authorized, which Iranian officials have not authorized.

“It is clear that there have been serious damage, but these are not total damage, first of all. And secondly, Iran has capacity there, industrial and technological capacities. So if they wish, they can start doing this again. ”