Israel's Deadly Assault on Iran Prison Incites Fury, Even Among Dissidents

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/world/middleeast/israel-iran-evin-prison.html

Evin prison in Tehran stands out in Iran as a singular symbol of oppression, its notorious reputation reaching far beyond the country’s borders. For five decades, Iran’s rulers, from the shah to the clerics, have used Evin as the place to punish dissent with detention, interrogation, torture and execution.

When Israel struck the prison with missiles on June 23, the attack generated widespread condemnation and fury in Iran, even among opponents of the authoritarian government.

The strikes were the deadliest of the 12-day Israel-Iran war. Iran has said 79 people were killed and dozens injured in the Evin attack, but casualty numbers are expected to rise.

Among the dead and wounded were visiting family members of prisoners, social workers, a lawyer, physicians and nurses, a 5-year-old child, teenage soldiers guarding the doors as part of mandatory military service, administrative staff and residents of the area, according to Iranian media reports, activists and rights groups.

The report goes on to say that about 100 transgender people who were incarcerated here are missing, and that Israeli officials described the bombing as "symbolic" and an act of liberation. Which...is pretty grotesque.