Inside Israel is more strike on Iran

“For me, hell was not the moment when Israel attacked; Hell was the moment when they would not open the door (from the cell) for us,” Mothareh Goonei recalls in an exclusive interview with the BBC.

Goni was a political activist, and he was in solitary confinement in the famous Evin prison in Iran when he was subjected to a targeted attack by Israel on June 23.

Pictures of satellites, witnesses of witnesses and shots obtained by the Persian BBC Persian, reveal new details about the attack in the closing hours of the Israel war, Iran and those who died.

The Higher Security Complex, which floats on the northern edge of Tehran, held thousands of political prisoners during the last century. On that day in June, the prison has become a site for the most bloody Israeli strike on Iranian soil in terms of civil losses.

Iranian authorities say that 80 people were killed – including prison staff, prisoners, medical workers, visitors and residents of nearby neighborhoods.

In a report published on August 14, Human Rights Watch said that Israeli air strikes on prison were illegally illegally and winning a clear war crime.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that the cause of the attack was that the facility “was used for intelligence operations against Israel.”

“When I heard the third explosion, I was sure that there was no way out. I bombed the door with all my strength, but this will not open. I thought,” This is the end of your life – goodbye. “

She was freed from her cell by another prisoner, Goonei stumbled into thick smoke. She says that the guards initially tried to prevent prisoners from fleeing, and some investigators threatened them with prison.

However, the prisoners described the viewer as “horrific but humanitarian” to help the injured guards, calm down a panic and manufacture the wounds of the crying.

Other prisoners rushed from another wing to help doctors and nurses trapped in the prison clinic.

“The prisoners I have dealt with before saved my life.”

Another woman held in Evin, speaking on condition of anonymity due to fears of her safety, described the moment the BBC was attacked.

“Initially there were many explosions in a quick sequence, and the noise lasted for about two minutes.

“We stayed on our family at the beginning because the windows were shattered, then we wore clothes and helped us all to bring older women to the basement. No one helped us from prison – we closed the door and said that we could not go out.”

The BBC analysis indicates that Israel attacked Evin with at least six projectiles, which destroyed at least 28 buildings inside the complex.

The Israeli Defense Army says it had a “targeted blow” on a “symbol of repression against the Iranian people” and claimed that the measures had been taken to reduce harm to civilians.

But one of the relatives of the political prisoner who arrived for a visit just minutes after the explosions said, “Those who leave the prison say that there are bodies everywhere. Some prisoners have gone out, and none of them tried to flee – just amazed.”

Iranian authorities say 75 prisoners fled during chaos. Some were later restored or returned voluntarily.

Iranian officials say that among the 80 people were killed in the attack, 42 ​​prisoners and five prisoners were. The employees’ names were released only.

BBC News has independently verified the identities and conditions surrounding the death of three victims through interviews with their relatives. they:

• Masoud Behbahhani, a dual Iranian citizen, who was held on financial charge. His family was given conflicting accounts of his death from the Iranian Prison Organization.

• Arfin Mohamedi, 37, was killed in the administrative building while publishing the bail to release his temporary father from prison during the war.

• Mahrangz Emanbur, 61, a prominent artist and painter, was killed on shrapnel

Among the other victims who were killed in the attack were a local mother of a single year -old child, a philanthropist visited to arrange the release of the prisoner, five social workers, 13 young military recruits, and the five -year -old social worker.

After attacking Evin Prison, the fate of the transgender prisoners is still unknown. Some media reports have claimed that 100 transgender guests were killed, but the Persian BBC investigation reveals that this is not true.

“There are serious concerns about their situation. No one knows where these prisoners are now,” Reda Shafakha, a lawyer in Iran who is following the status of transgender prisoners.

Israel claimed that the prison was used in “intelligence operations (against), including counter -allergy.” He did not answer questions from the BBC about the goals or micro -weapons used, or whether to expect civilian deaths.

A month after the attack, Amnesty International published a report on the accident.

“Directing attacks on civilian objects is strictly prohibited under international humanitarian law. Caroing such attacks deliberately constitute a war crime,” said Erika Guevara Roussas, Director of Research, Call, Politics and Campaign at Amnesty.

The United Nations Human Rights Office stated that Evin “is not a military target” and the attack violated international humanitarian law.