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June 24, 2025

Why Israel Bombed the Gates of Iran’s Most Dreaded Prison

Other countries have accepted hostage diplomacy. The Jewish state strikes back.

In recent days, Israeli jets have hit (without civilian casualties) some more symbolic targets in Iran, including the clock that putatively counts down to the destruction of the Jewish state and the doors to the notorious Evin prison. In a supreme irony, Amnesty International—an anti-American, anti-Israel organization nominally committed to freeing political prisoners—condemned Jerusalem for a strike on one of the world’s most horrifying political prisons.

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