Overview

• The June 23 missile strike on Evin Prison damaged four wings, including the transgender ward, and struck a day before the June 24 ceasefire took effect.
• Iranian authorities have declared about 100 transgender inmates missing and presumed dead and say families remain without information on their fate.
• The attack killed 79 people and wounded dozens more, among them prison staff, visitors and a 5-year-old child.
• UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said targeting a prison constitutes a grave breach of international humanitarian law.
• Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi and human rights groups have condemned the strike as a war crime and are demanding transparency and justice.