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Iran's Judiciary says at least 71 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Tehran's Evin prison that took place during the regime’s recent aggression against the country.
Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir announced the figure on Sunday, saying the Zionist regime committed a “full-scale crime” on June 23, inflicting extensive financial and physical damage to the people who lived near the jail’s visitation and interrogation halls.
“During the attack on the Evin Prison, 71 people — including prison administrative staff, soldiers, convicted inmates, families of the prisoners who had come for visitation or legal- follow-up, and people living nearby — were martyred,” he added.
Jahangir also noted that a number of people were injured in the Israeli strike, some of whom were treated on site and others were taken to hospital.
The Israeli attack, that also targeted the prison's medical center, happened at the inmates’ visitation hours with their families and social workers, he said.
After this incident, Iranian media reported that those held at the prison were transferred to other prisons in Tehran Province in order to protect their safety.