Iran’s judiciary confirmed on Tuesday that prisoners held at Tehran’s Evin prison have been relocated following Israeli strikes that targeted the facility.
According to a statement from the prison authority published by the judiciary’s Mizan Online website, inmates were moved “to other facilities within Tehran province… to safeguard the rights of the prisoners and to provide space for emergency response teams.”
Local media reported that the transfer process had been completed, though the number of prisoners relocated was not disclosed.
Reports also indicated that authorities successfully defused two unexploded missiles that landed near the prison during Monday’s Israeli strike. The semi-official Tasnim news agency, citing a police spokesman, said the missiles had been safely transported to a secure location.
Earlier, judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir confirmed that multiple fatalities and injuries resulted from the strike, which partially destroyed an administrative section of the prison. “Due to this destruction, a number of our fellow citizens, including administrative and judicial staff, visiting civilians, family members of inmates, and the inmates themselves, were injured, and we have had martyrs in this incident,” he said, as reported by state television.
Evin prison, a large and heavily fortified facility located in northern Tehran, is notorious for holding political prisoners and foreign nationals, according to rights groups.
