Iranian authorities have said at least 935 people have been killed in Israeli strikes during the 12-day conflict with Israel.
“Among the dead are 132 women and 38 children,” Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said in a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency.
The Health Ministry had earlier said 606 people had been killed and 5,332 wounded in the Israeli strikes.
Jahangir said the Israeli attacks on Evin prison in northwest Tehran had killed 79 people, including prisoners, staff members and local residents living nearby.
“Evin prison has been disabled and the prisoners have been evacuated,” he said, calling the attack a clear violation of basic human rights and international resolutions.
The conflict between Israel and Iran erupted on June 13, when Tel Aviv launched airstrikes on Iranian military, nuclear and civilian sites.
The US also bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan in an escalation of the conflict.
Tehran launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes on Israel, killing at least 29 people and wounding more than 3,400, according to figures released by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The conflict was halted by a US-brokered ceasefire that came into effect on June 24.
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