It was around noon on 23 June when a brief but shocking piece of news broke: Israel had attacked Evin prison in Tehran. A photo of Saeedeh Fathi taken by her brother on the day she was released from Evin prison in December 2022. A day after the strike, the judiciary said Iran's prison authority had transferred inmates out of Evin prison, without specifying their number or identifying them. “I had once hoped that the great iron gate of Evin would fall – not from an airstrike, but opened by the people. I had once hoped that the great iron gate of Evin would fall – not from an airstrike, but opened by the people.