Notorious Iranian prison is BLITZED as Israel blows up gate to Evin jail in bid to free Ayatollah's fiercest critics
TEHRAN'S notorious Evin Prison, a pit of executions and torture, has been blitzed by an Israeli airstrike, according to officials
A drone is thought to have blown up
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Evin Prison is notorious for holing up political prisoners
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Footage appears to show a major explosion at its gates, and the IDF announced it had struck
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A dingy workshop inside the walls of Evin Prison
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The prison is notorious for shackling political prisoners, journalists and even
Footage shows a missile shooting directly into the gate, sending mangled bits of metal flying.
Isareli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly called for Iran's people to rise up against the regime.
Busting out its ardent critics could be an attempt fan the flames of rebellion, by returning anti-Ayatollah activists to the streets.
The IDF acknowledged the strike: "Following orders from PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz, the IDF is striking regime and security targets in central Tehran — including the Basij HQ, Evin Prison, the 'Israel destruction clock,' IRGC internal security HQs, and more."
Some political prisoners have been banged up in the hellhole for decades.
Reports on the horrific conditions have come from those who manage to make it out.
Marziyeh Amirizadeh, 43, spent 259 days in Evin, Iran's most notorious prison, where British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was also held.
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Evin Prison was opened in northern Tehran in 1972, one of the final years of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's reign before the Shah was overthrown in the Islamic Revolution.
The Sun reports from inside as Israel as tensions flare following US air strikes
At the time, it was operated by his fearsome security service (SAVAK) who were famed for their ruthless torture and murder of the Shah's political opponents.
And when the Ayatollah Khomeni took control of Iran, the violence at Evin continued and even escalated.
In the 1980s, tens of thousands of dissidents from one rebel group — the People's Mujahidin of Iran — were hanged in Evin, in one of the most savage political mass killings in modern history.
Nowadays, anyone who speaks out against the regime in Iran can find themselves behind Evin's deeply fortified walls.
Bloggers, teachers and academics are arrested in the middle of the night and thrown in Evin's squalid cells after being convicted of questionable crimes without proper legal defence.
There are said to be so many intellectuals in one wing of the prison that it's earned the dark nickname "Evin University".
No prisoner has ever been known to escape.
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