You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Iran Says Israeli Attack on Evin Prison Killed 71, Rejects U.N. Inspection of Bombed Nuclear Sites

HeadlineJul 01, 2025

Iran’s judiciary said Sunday that Israel’s attack on Tehran’s Evin Prison last month killed at least 71 people, including guards, prisoners, visiting family members and people living nearby. Israeli officials haven’t said why they targeted the prison, which has for decades housed political prisoners and dissidents. Meanwhile, Iran has rebuffed a request by the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog to visit nuclear sites bombed by Israel and the U.S. last month. On Monday, Iran's foreign minister called the request by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi “meaningless and possibly even malign in intent.” On Sunday, Grossi said he’s convinced the U.S. attack on Iran failed to “obliterate” its nuclear program, as President Trump has repeatedly claimed.

Rafael Grossi: “They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that. But as I said, frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there.”

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top