On Tuesday, June 30, 2025, two Tehran representatives toured Evin Prison’s bombarded wings, describing firsthand the destruction wrought by what they called a calculated assault on inmates, visitors, and staff.
According to Saed News, Tehran parliamentarians Hassan Qashqavi and Amirhossein Sabeti visited Evin Prison on Tuesday to inspect the aftermath of Israel’s attack and to condemn what they described as a “barbaric atrocity.” Posting their observations on X, both MPs stressed that the assault went far beyond any symbolic strike and instead targeted multiple civilian areas within the facility.
Hassan Qashqavi, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, recounted surveying direct missile impacts on sensitive sections—most notably Ward 209, which houses security detainees. “Contrary to the occupiers’ claims of a symbolic strike,” he wrote, “the clinic, the visitation hall, and administrative buildings all sustained direct hits.” Qashqavi further alleged that patients and medical staff in the prison infirmary were deliberately targeted, recalling the regime’s history of attacking hospitals and civilians.
He added that more than 70 people—including political prisoners, inmates under medical care, visiting family members, court clerks, and nearby residents—were killed in the bombardment. “A regime that boasts of precision weaponry has once again exposed its ruthless nature,” he declared, “by striking wards, clinics, and even the meeting hall as though civilians were fair game.”
Amirhossein Sabeti, a member of the Parliament’s Cultural Committee, echoed these sentiments following a joint inspection with judiciary commission members. “Evin Prison is a strictly non‑military site,” he noted. “Seventy‑two souls perished here—ordinary citizens, duty soldiers, administrative staff, and passers‑by in the adjacent street.” He added that although the attackers claimed their objective was to free security detainees—some alleged to be Mossad agents—not a single prisoner escaped; all were swiftly relocated to secure locations.
Sabeti concluded that, just as Israel has repeatedly failed in its broader objectives—whether to fracture Iran, eliminate the Islamic Republic, or destroy its nuclear facilities—it also failed in its smaller aim of liberating inmates. “Yet their brutality is laid bare by the massacre of innocents,” he said.
The MPs have called for an international investigation into the strike, urging human‑rights organisations to document the evidence before the damage is cleared. With tensions between Tehran and Jerusalem at a post‑ceasefire high, these accounts are likely to fuel further diplomatic clashes over accountability and civilian protection.
