IDF Hits Tehran’s Notorious Evin Prison, Destroys Khamenei’s ‘Israel Doomsday Clock’
The Jerusalem Post: The strike on Evin Prison “was deliberately targeted at the entrance gate so as to avoid hitting the inmate housing.”
Israeli fighter jets on Sunday night struck the administrative compound of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, media reports suggest.
“Footage from the attack shows one strike hitting the entrance gate to the prison,” The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. “The strike was deliberately targeted at the entrance gate so as to avoid hitting the inmate housing,” the newspaper reported, citing Iranian sources.
Good news: If Israel is serious about helping the people of Iran free themselves from their evil theocratic regime, nothing could be more significant or symbolic than blowing open the gates of the notorious Evin Prison. It looks like Israel also cut power to the Evin district,… pic.twitter.com/5RHwNTtzeQ
— Saul Sadka (@Saul_Sadka) June 23, 2025
Evin Prison, which detains opponents of the regime and kidnapped foreigners, is infamous for rape and torture of inmates by the the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) thugs that runs the facility and answer only to Iran’s tyrant Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Noting the significance of the airstrike, the Israeli news website Ynetnews wrote that “strike on Evin — a facility long associated with the imprisonment of political dissidents and dual nationals — marks one of the most symbolically charged actions in Israel’s ongoing campaign against Iran.”
“The prison has housed many of the regime’s most prominent political prisoners, particularly following the 2009 mass protests over disputed presidential elections. Despite efforts by Iranian lawmakers to introduce reforms — including installing CCTV cameras — allegations of torture and abuse have persisted,” the news outlet added.
🚨 Breaking: Israel attacked the entrance of the infamous EVIN PRISON in Tehran, where all political prisoners are held 👇
The goal is to release all the prisoners.
MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN!#MIGA pic.twitter.com/iho37Swaa8
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) June 23, 2025
Other regime targets struck by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) include the headquarters of IRGC-affiliated Basij militia and the so-called “Destruction of Israel” clock in the heart of Tehran.
#BREAKING: Ongoing airstrikes in Tehran, #Iran. #Israel's defense minister announces that the IDF is striking #IRGCterrorists Basij headquarters, Evin Prison, the Destruction of Israel clock, ideology headquarters, and other IRGC installations of repression.… pic.twitter.com/KBBiWAN37B
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) June 23, 2025
The Tehran’s landmark digital clock was counting down to the destruction of Israel in the year 2040, a reference to the prophecy made by Khamenei, the dictator of Iran and the ‘spiritual leader’ of Shia Muslims across the world.
“One symbolic target was the so-called “Destruction of Israel” clock located in Tehran’s Palestine Square,” the i24NEWS TV channel reported. “Erected in 2017 by Iranian authorities, the clock is a provocative installation that counts down to the year 2040, based on a prediction by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Israel will cease to exist by then.”
WATCH 🔴
The headquarters of the IRGC in the city of Karaj has been obliterated. pic.twitter.com/UWxxBBJjNG
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 23, 2025
The Times of Israel reported:
Defense Minister Israel Katz details the targets of the wave of Israeli strikes in Tehran.
“The IDF is currently striking with unprecedented force regime targets and governmental repression bodies in the heart of Tehran, including the Basij headquarters, the Evin Prison for political prisoners and regime opponents, the ‘Destruction of Israel’ clock in Palestine Square, the internal security headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideology headquarters, and other regime targets,” Katz says in statement.
There are no reports of prisoners hurt in the strike, which was apparently intended to allow the detainees to escape
The clock, erected in the heart of Tehran in 2017, counts down to Israel’s ostensible demise by 2040.
IRGC headquarters in Karaj getting bombed by the IDF pic.twitter.com/EcqsG0xUzI
— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) June 23, 2025
The pinpointed strikes in and around Tehran were focused on targets belonging to the IRGC and the regime’s security forces. “A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force fighter jets, guided by precise intelligence from the IDF Intelligence Directorate, struck command centers and assets belonging to the Internal Security Forces and the IRGC in Tehran, Iran,” the IDF said in a statement Monday. “These forces consist of various corps and command centers, and are responsible, on behalf of the Iranian regime’s military, for defending the homeland security, suppressing threats, and maintaining the regime’s stability.”
The strikes also targeted the regime’s most loyal Basij militia. The 600,000-men strong Shia-jihadist militia within the IRGC is often used by the regime to terrorize the population and crush street protests.
“As part of the strike, the headquarters of the Basij was targeted. The Basij is one of the IRGC’s central armed bases of power. Alongside its other fuctions, it is also responsible for enforcing the Islamic law and reporting civilians who violate it to the regime authorities,” the IDF added.
The Israeli Air Force struck multiple IRGC and internal security headquarters in Tehran, the IDF confirmed. Targets included the Basij HQ, used to enforce Islamic law and suppress dissent, and the Alborz Corps, responsible for regime security in Tehran Province.
Israeli strikes… pic.twitter.com/U2DLtPk8iH
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 23, 2025
Following up on U.S. Op ‘Midnight Hammer,’ Israel hits Fordo nuclear facility
Days after the Fordo nuclear facility in central Iran was struck as part of the Operation ‘Midnight Hammer’ ordered by President Donald Trump, the Israeli Air Force followed up with renewed strikes in and around the site.
Fordo, Iran’s most fortified nuclear facility, buried nearly 100 meters underground, was hit, on Saturday night, by 30000-pound ‘bunker busters’ dropped from U.S. B2 bombers.
The latest Israeli strikes were concentrated on roads or bridges leading up to the underground facility in an apparent bid to prevent Iranian regime forces from reaching the mountainous location, news reports suggest. “The IDF confirms carrying out a strike against the access roads to Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear facility earlier today,” The Times of Israel reported. “It says the strikes were intended to ‘disrupt’ the site’s accessibility, after the US bombed the nuclear facility over the weekend.”
The Israel Hayom newspaper covered the details of the renewed airstrike on Fordo:
Just two day after Operation Midnight Hammer saw US aircraft obliterate Iran’s main nuclear facilities, including the most protected site of Fordo, Israel launched its own attack on the underground enrichment facility.
The reports, which have not been concurrent with strikes on targets in Tehran, comes just days after President Donald Trump ordered the military to use the so-called “bunker-buster” munitions to penetrate the mountainside site of Fordo. If Israel attacked the site again on Monday, this could mean it no longer needs such ordinances.
Located approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Tehran, Fordo was constructed inside a mountain, with tunnels extending roughly 80 meters (262 feet) underground. The facility’s fortified design sparked immediate concern among international observers, who viewed its hardened construction as inconsistent with peaceful nuclear purposes.
IDF drones hit 6 Iranian airports, destroy fighter jets, attack helicopters
In the latest round of air and drone strikes, the Israeli military hit 6 Iranian airports, hitting several fighter jets and other warplanes on the runway and in the hangars.
💥The IDF struck 6 regime airports across western, central, and eastern Iran, destroying runways, underground hangars, refueling aircraft, F-14, F-5 and AH-1 aircraft.
The destroyed aircraft were meant to stop IAF jets. The IAF impaired takeoff capabilities from these airports,… pic.twitter.com/eI1iKw4NqL
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 23, 2025
“As part of the effort to expand air superiority over Iranian skies, the IDF struck six Iranian regime airports in western, eastern, and central Iran,” the Israeli military disclosed Monday. “The strikes targeted runways, underground hangars, a refueling aircraft, and Iranian regime F-14, F-5, and AH-1 aircraft.”
The strikes also damaged runways, preventing the regime’s air force from using them in the ongoing conflict. “The IAF impaired takeoff capabilities from these airports, as well as the Iranian military’s ability to operate its air force from them,” the IDF added.
As part of efforts to strengthen air superiority over Iran, the Israeli military struck six Iranian airfields across western, eastern, and central Iran, it said in a statement.
The attacks targeted and damaged runways, underground hangars, refueling aircraft, and several… pic.twitter.com/yqeiERJN9t
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) June 23, 2025
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May it be Iran’s Bastille Day.
I unfortunately don’t think so. The Storming of the Bastille was a violent act that set off an incredibly violent political revolution by a very well-armed civilian population that was eventually aided by some elements of the French government. The civilian population of Iran is completely unarmed. The coercive levers of government have capably demonstrated both fidelity to religious zealotry and that they have no self-imposed limitations on the violence they will visit upon their civilian population to maintain control of the country…something Iranian civilians understand.
While there have been some remarkably peaceful revolutions/regime collapses in the last 40-years (Soviet Union, South Korea and Taiwan, most notably), there has been none in majority-Muslim nations. I suspect the only thing that can be confidently predicted about the near-term fate of Iranian civilians is their lives are going to be very miserable and probably very violent moving forward. I hope I’m wrong,
A regime that will blind it’s own women (or worse) for showing their hair in public will not voluntarily give up power. If the theocracy crumbles, it’s going to be because of violence, probably external violence.
A real Handmaid’s Tale.
“It’s (D)ifferent when we support it!”
There is a very good reason why dictatorships keep their populations unarmed.
That’s why Democrats are so ardently anti-2A.
Hopefully a bit more (and less) than that. While it acquired some symbolic value as time went on, the Storming of the Bastille was actually a bit of a fiasco. The goal was acquiring the gunpowder stored there, not freeing the half-dozen or so prisoners (most of whom were just common criminals). Something like 100 of the attackers and only 1 defender were killed (though a few more defenders were lynched after they surrendered). The Revolution that followed was a bloodbath and led to decades of national instability as more revolutions and restorations installed monarchies, republics, and empires (including the Napoleonic one where France wound up taking over most of Europe).
Fingers crossed the Iraqis get better results than the French.
Iranians, not Iraqis. My kingdom for an edit button.
So much for the “Something for the world to remember for centuries.”
Oh, I don’t know. Israel liberating Iran from the murderous mullahs would sure be something to remember for centuries. 🙂
I would have to agree.
They are far from liberated at this point, maybe assignations can continue?
Hey. We’ll always remember Custer… right?
Israel sure has someone with a poetic/Biblical turn of mind picking targets. Blowing open the gates to Hell and set the prisoners free. I love it!
Also, I was going to mention the Bastille, too. I hope they can take advantage of it even better than the French did.
as long as those criminals stay there and not come in when the dems take back over in america
Makes me happy.
“Noting the significance of the airstrike, the Israeli news website Ynetnews wrote that “strike on Evin — a facility long associated with the imprisonment of political dissidents and dual nationals — marks one of the most symbolically charged actions in Israel’s ongoing campaign against Iran.”
Iran retaliates by bombing the entrance to the “Patriots’ Wing” of the DC Jail.
Win-win!
Macron has now condemned Israel’s strike on Evin Prison.
This comment is not sarcastic. This happened.
Imagine my shock and surprise.