Iran confirms at least 71 killed in the Israeli strike on Evin’s notorious prison

Iran recognized on Sunday that an Israeli strike on the notorious prison of Evin de Tehran killed dozens of people last week.

The spokesperson for the Iranian magistracy, Asghar Jahangir, published on the official website of the Mizan office news agency that the strike killed at least 71 people, including the staff, soldiers, prisoners and members of visiting families. Officials did not provide the breakdown of victim figures.

Human rights activists based in Washington in Iran said that at least 35 of the people killed were staff members and two detainees. Others killed included a person walking around the prison and a woman who went to meet a judge about the case of her imprisoned husband, said the organization.

Jahangir said some of the injured had been treated on the spot, while others were taken to hospitals. Iran has not said how much was injured.

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An opinion shows the consequences of an Israeli strike on Evin prison which occurred on June 23, in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Asgaripour / Wana (Press Asia of Western Asia) via Reuters)

Iran also confirmed on Saturday that the best prosecutor Ali Ghanaatkar was killed during the attack. The proceedings by the dissidents by Ghanaatkar, in particular the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Narges Mohammadi, had provoked generalized criticism by human rights groups.

The rescuers search the rubble of a damaged section of Evin prison following an Israeli strike the day before, in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP photo / Mostafa Roudaki / Mizan News Agency)

Israel went on strike on June 23 when his Ministry of Defense said that he would attack “the regime targets and government’s repression organizations at the heart of Tehran”. The establishment was known to hold many political prisoners and dissidents of Iran.

The prison attack approached the end of 12 days of Israeli strikes, which, by Israel, claimed to have killed around 30 Iranian commanders and 11 nuclear scientists, while struck eight nuclear facilities and more than 720 military infrastructure sites.

The office building in Evin prison is damaged in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 29 after an Israeli strike on June 23. (AP photo / Vahid Salemi)

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The status of the Iranian nuclear program remains uncertain, even after President Donald Trump said that American strikes on June 22 “have erased” Iran’s nuclear capacities.

Rafael Grossi, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told CBS “Face The Nation” in an interview on Sunday that Iran’s capacities remain, but it is impossible to assess the total damage to the nuclear program, unless the inspectors are authorized, which Iranian officials have not authorized.

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA), Rafael Grossi, attended a meeting of the Council of Governors of AIEA in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, June 23, 2025. (Photo / Michael Gruber)

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

Grosi said Iran could have centrifuges running uranium enriched “in a few months”.

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“Frankly, we cannot say that everything has disappeared and that there is nothing there,” he said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.