US EditionWar Crime Allegations: UN Investigation Highlights Israeli Air Strike on Iran’s Evin Prison
The report found over 70 detainees killed in the strike and warned ongoing U.S.-Israeli bombings risk harsher crackdowns and threaten prisoners' safety.
- The U.N. investigator on Monday said an Israeli airstrike on Tehran's Evin prison last year was a war crime, according to Sara Hossain, chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran.
- Last June, Tehran's Evin prison was struck during an air war with Iran; the jail, known for holding political prisoners including a reported British couple, has been damaged in recent U.S.-Israeli air strikes.
- Iranian authorities and the report said 80 people, including one child and eight women, had been killed, while families of detainees report no contact and shortages of food and medicine.
- Sara Hossain warned that the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign could provoke harsher crackdowns, while Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador, demanded condemnation of strikes killing more than 1,300 people.
- Drawing on interviews and satellite imagery, the report was presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday, concluding the Israeli airstrike last year was a war crime.
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Israel's bombing of Tehran's Evin prison in June last year was a war crime, according to the UN Panel. More than 70 people died. The report also warns against further repression by US and Israeli attacks.
The deadly attack by the Israeli army on a prison in Iran during last year's Twelve-Day War was a war crime. That…
The leader of an UN investigation mission said last month that an Israeli air attack that targeted an Iranian prison last year was a war crime and warned of the risks of new repression following the current American-Israeli bombing, reports Reuters.
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UN report says Israeli airstrike on Iran prison is a war crime
By Emma FargeGENEVA, March 16 (Reuters) - The head of a U.N. investigation said on Monday that an Israeli air strike on a prison last year was a war crime, and warned of risks of further repression following the current U.S.-Israeli bombings.More than 70 people were killed when Israel struck Tehran's Evin prison last June during an air war with Iran, Iranian authorities have said. The jail, known for holding political prisoners, has also been da…
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