Iranian media reported that 27 prisoners from the infamous Evin prison last month will generally remain after an Israeli air raid.
After the strike of Israel during the 12-day war, 75 prisoners escaped from the Evin prison, according to the Associated Presswho quoted a news website that was applied to the judiciary of Iran. In the article, spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary Asghar Jahangir said that 48 escapes were recaptured from the 75 escapes or were voluntarily returned, the Associated Press added. Jahangir also stated that the escapes had been time for small violations.
A display shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Evin Prison that took place on June 23, after the ceasefish -the fire between Israel and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, 29 June 2025. (Majid Asgaripour/Wana (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
Iran claims that his president was injured in Israeli air raid last month
In June, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, which was aimed at destroying Iran’s nuclear capacities. While the Iranian officials said that 71 were killed in the strike, the local media reported that, according to the Associated Press, 80 are killed, including staff, soldiers, prisoners and visiting relatives.
Sayeh Seydal, a prisoner Iranian dissident who survived Israel’s strike in the Evin prison, told family members that being in the facility was a “slow death”, According to the Associated Presswho has obtained a recording of the conversation.
“The bombing by the US and Israel did not kill us. Then the Islamic Republic brought us to a place that will practically kill us,” Seydal said.
On Tuesday Amnesty International called for an investigation into the strike of Israel in prison as a possible war crime and said that it was “a serious violation of international humanitarian law.”
File – Saving Rescuers by the rubble of a damaged part of the Evin prison after an Israeli strike the day before, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mostafa Roudaki/Mizan News Agency, file) (AP Photo/Mostafa Roudaki/Mizan News Agency, file)
Iran recognizes the death toll of Israel’s strike on the infamous Evin PrisoN
Erika Guevara Rosas, who acts as senior director of Amnesty International for research, advocacy, policy and campaigns, said: “The evidence determines reasonable grounds to believe that the Israeli military military and deliberately attacked civilian buildings.”
Evin Prison is notorious because of his harsh conditions and became a place for Iranian officials to throw protesters.
A person is on the rubble as an image shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Evin -prison that took place on June 23, after ceases -the fire between Israel and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, 29 June 2025. (Majid Asgaripour/Wana (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
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In 2022, the US Treasury Department sanctioned Iranian officials and entities responsible for a performance against demonstrators, including Evin Prison Warden Hedayat Farzadi, who was known for his brutal tactics. The department said that protesters in Evin Prison were subjected to torture and physical abuse under Farzadi’s watch.
