Judiciary: Israeli strikes claim 935 Iranian lives Evin prison’s death toll rises to 79
The death toll from 12-day Israel’s aggression against Iran rose to 935, based on the latest data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO).
"During the 12-day war waged by the Zionist regime against our country, 935 martyrs have been identified so far," Iran’s Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said on Monday.
The death toll included 132 women and 38 children, Jahangir said.
Jahangir also said that the death toll from Israel’s attack on Tehran’s Evin prison rose to 79. On Sunday, he announced the death of 71 people in the attack on the prison.
The judiciary’s spokesman said that the victims of the June 23 attack on Evin prison included administrative staff, youth doing their military service, detainees, family members of detainees who were visiting them and neighbors who lived in the prison’s vicinity.
Jahangir also noted that several people were injured in the Israeli strike which destroyed part of the administrative building at Evin.
On June 13, Israel launched an unprovoked aggression against Iran, killing civilians, nuclear scientists and the country’s top military commanders.
The Israeli strikes hit military bases, nuclear sites as well as residential areas across Iran.
Iran retaliated with waves of missiles and drone strikes which hit major cities in Israel including Tel Aviv and Haifa, killing 28 people, according to Israeli authorities.
A cease-fire between Iran and Israel took effect on June 24.