Overview

• Israel’s Defense Ministry confirmed that on June 23 an Israeli drone strike hit the gate of Tehran’s Evin Prison and nearby IRGC security command centers in a series of strikes on government targets.
• Surveillance footage aired by Iranian state media showed a projectile breaching Evin’s entrance, raising alarms about the fate of political prisoners and dual nationals held in the facility.
• Iran launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks called Operation True Promise 3 against Haifa, Tel Aviv and other urban areas in retaliation for the prison strike.
• The prison attack followed US airstrikes on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites the previous day, which US officials described as a one-time effort to disrupt Tehran’s nuclear program.
• International voices including the IAEA chief and EU foreign policy chief have condemned the assault on a detention facility and urged urgent diplomatic de-escalation to prevent wider conflict.