The prison entrance that has become a kind of symbol of the Iranian regime's oppression of its own population has been completely destroyed by Israel's attack. In Evin, many political prisoners are being held, including the researcher and doctor Ahmadreza Djalali.
Israel attacked the prison on Monday morning. However, the attack is said to have been directed only at the entrance and administrative parts of the prison.
Prison mates executed
Ahmadreza Djalali, who is a Swedish citizen and sentenced to death in Iran, is unharmed.
I have spoken to his family (in Iran), who heard from him that he was okay, says his wife Vida Mehrannia to TT.
But she still has trouble thinking clearly. In recent days, two people from Ahmadreza Djalali's department - number four in the massive prison complex - have been taken to be executed, she says. They were, like Djalali, accused of having ties to Israel.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says he has not received any information about the attack.
I have only received media information, so unfortunately I do not know more than that, he says to TT.
Amnesty warns
Several human rights organizations have warned that political prisoners who have been arbitrarily sentenced to death for spying on behalf of Israel are at increased risk of being executed in connection with the war between Iran and Israel. Among other things, Amnesty International specifically mentions Ahmadreza Djalali as one of those who may be tortured and killed as part of Iran's "misguided attempts to show strength".
Djalali was imprisoned by Iran in 2016 when he was in the country to participate in a seminar on disaster medicine. He has conducted research at the Karolinska Institute in Solna and became a Swedish citizen in 2018, but when Sweden and Iran carried out a controversial prisoner exchange last year, he was left behind in Evin prison, where he has been for nine years. His health has deteriorated significantly during this time, and in May he suffered a heart attack.
