Iranian state media claimed on Tuesday that 27 inmates from the infamous Evin prison in northern Tehran are still at large weeks after an Israeli airstrike struck the facility, allowing 75 prisoners to escape.

A news website linked to the Iranian judiciary said 48 of the 75 escapees have been recaptured since the June 23 airstrike , launched by Israel as part of “Operation Rising Lion,” also known as the 12-Day War.

The Israeli judiciary claimed the prisoners who escaped after the airstrike were “doing time for minor offenses.” The regime commonly keeps political prisoners at Evin, including dissidents, journalists, protesters, and foreign…

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