Iran’s prison authority has “transferred” prisoners out of Evin prison after it was hit by Israeli strikes, the judiciary has said, AFP reports.

The prison authority “transferred the inmates who were serving their sentences in this prison (Evin) to other facilities within Tehran province […] to safeguard the rights of the prisoners and to provide space for emergency response teams”, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.

Local media reported the process had been completed, but it was not clear how many prisoners were transferred.