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IBNS-CMEDIA: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the Iranian nuclear programme has been set back for decades following the US strikes on its facilities.
“I think basically decades,” Trump was quoted as saying by BBC when asked about the nuclear programme in the country.
“I think they’ve had it, they just went through hell… the last thing they want to do is enrich,” he said.
Trump claimed the US strike ended the war.
Tehran Prison Concern
Meanwhile, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted that a notorious Tehran prison known for holding dissidents should not be a target, a day after a reported Israeli strike on the complex.
OHCHR spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told media in Geneva that Evin prison is not a military objective, according to the laws of war.
“Targeting it constitutes a grave breach of international humanitarian law”, he said.
OHCHR does not have specific details about what the alleged attack, Mr. Al- Kheetan said, but there have reportedly been fires inside the prison and a number of injuries.
Casualty Count
An updated casualty count from the Iranian authorities on Tuesday indicated that 610 people have been killed including 49 women and 13 children since 13 June. That number includes two pregnant women and one infant along with 4,746 injured, including 185 women and 65 minors.
Seven hospitals, four health units and six emergency bases and nine ambulances have been damaged, the Iranian health authorities said.
Some 28 Israeli citizens have reportedly been killed by Iranian missile strikes to date.
