Families of prisoners in Tehran's Evin Prison have been sharing accounts from their loved ones after a strike by the Israel Defense Forces on Monday damaged parts of the prison. While the Monday strike was described in some reports as "symbolic,

Israel struck the most notorious jail for political prisoners in Tehran on Monday in a potent demonstration that it was expanding its targets beyond military and nuclear sites to aim squarely at the pillars of Iran's ruling system.

A coordinated series of strikes caused significant damage across Tehran, with video footage capturing the dramatic impact at Evin Prison's entrance gate.