Amnesty International says that the Israeli regime’s intentional air strikes at Tehran’s Evin Prison constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and must be criminally investigated as a war crime.
Following a detailed investigation, Amnesty International said on Tuesday that “under international humanitarian law, there is presumed that the prison or place of detention is a civilian purpose, and in this case there is no reliable evidence that Evin Prison constituted a legal military purpose.”
“The evidence establishes a reasonable basis for believing that Israeli forces bravely attacked civilian buildings on purpose,” said Erica Guevara Rosas, senior director of research, advocacy, policy and campaign.
“Countering attacks on civilian objects is strictly prohibited under international humanitarian law. Such attacks are intentionally and intentionally carried out to constitute war crimes,” she added.
Israel launched multiple airstrikes on June 23rd on the Evin Prison amid the war of attacks the regime launched against Iran.
The attack was later confirmed by Israeli forces, killing and wounding civilian scores, causing major damage and destruction in at least six locations across the prison complex.
US-backed Israel launched a war of attack on Iran on June 13, assassinating several high-ranking military commanders and nuclear scientists, as well as more than 1,000 civilians. The United States entered the war in person a week later when it attacked three nuclear sites in Iran with blatant violations of the UN Charter, international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
In response, Iranian forces slammed Israel’s main targets across the occupying territories, knocked out Aldead Air Force Base in Qatar, the largest US military base in West Asia, and forced illegal assaults.
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