BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24. The number of people killed and injured in the Israeli airstrike on Tehran's Evin prison yesterday has not yet been determined, Asghar Jahangir, spokesperson for the Iranian Judiciary, told reporters, Trend reports.
According to him, the Israeli attack on Evin prison yesterday coincided with a meeting with the families of the prisoners.
Jahangir added that a group of prison officials and a citizen who had applied to the prison were killed and injured in the attack.
A part of Tehran's Evin prison, mainly the administrative building, was hit by Israel at noon yesterday.
On the morning of June 13, Israel carried out airstrikes against Iran. The attacks killed numerous high-ranking military officials, including Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff; Hossein Salami, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); and Gholam Ali Rashid, head of the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, along with nine nuclear scientists and other senior figures.
That same evening, Iran launched a retaliatory strike dubbed “Operation True Promise III,” firing hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones at multiple targets across Israel, including Tel Aviv. The attacks caused civilian casualties and widespread damage
To note, the US conducted airstrikes targeting three nuclear facilities in Iran on June 22, reportedly causing significant damage.
"We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iranian airspace. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home," President of the US Donald Trump wrote on the Truth Social social network.
On June 23, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out a missile strike on the U.S. Al-Udeid base in Qatar.
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