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Notorious Iranian prison boss flees minutes before Israeli airstrikes after secret warning
Fox News ^ | June 28, 2025 | Rachel Wolf

Posted on 06/28/2025 9:07:01 AM PDT by Navy Patriot

The notorious director of Tehran’s brutal Evin Prison, Hedayatollah Farzadi, escaped the compound ahead of Israeli strikes following threats to his life – and an alleged exchange between Jerusalem and his adult son.

Israeli authorities reportedly contacted Amir Husseini Farzadi, telling him that if he convinced his father to release political prisoners, his life would be spared in the impending attack.

According to a series of WhatsApp messages shared with Fox News Digital by an Israeli intel source, an agent instructed Amir to tell his father to open the prison’s doors, warning that an attack would occur within "a few minutes." Amir asked whether something had already happened to his father, and the Israeli agent replied that it wouldn’t – if he passed the message along.

The source told Fox News Digitial that after receiving the message, Amir contacted his uncle, who then drove to the prison to get his father, Farzadi. The two were seen speeding away from the area moments before the airstrikes began. Farzadi has not been heard from since, according to the source.

Farzadi, who has been the director of Evin Prison since 2022, has been accused of committing egregious human rights violations, including the torture and murder of inmates, many of whom are political dissidents. Allegations against him include beatings, starvation, sexual violence against female prisoners and murder. He has been sanctioned by both the U.S. and the European Union.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated Farzadi under the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, which prohibits U.S. entities and individuals from dealing with him.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Iran; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amirhusseinifarzadi; evinprison; farzadi; hedayatollahfarzadi; iran; iranfafo; savedhisownskin; tehran

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This is a very interesting story...
1 posted on 06/28/2025 9:07:01 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

So, did he release the prisoners or not? That seems crucial to the story.


2 posted on 06/28/2025 9:09:42 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll.)
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To: BipolarBob

Either way I can dig it.


3 posted on 06/28/2025 9:18:52 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Navy Patriot

Is he a Mossad asset?


4 posted on 06/28/2025 9:19:51 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Navy Patriot

Why would anyone want to protect this creep? My understanding is that the raid blew the doors anyway.


5 posted on 06/28/2025 9:19:53 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Israel is killing him and his son by false flag.


6 posted on 06/28/2025 9:22:18 AM PDT by Salvavida (NS)
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To: BipolarBob
It is a Story because some details are unclear, such as if he ordered the gates opened and/or POLITICAL prisoners released, would his guards comply?

Factually, Israel destroyed the gates with explosives.

It seems likely Israel would have destroyed the gates regardless if they were open or closed.

Farzadi probably believed this and didn't risk his life signaling compliance to Israel's terms and he got away from the prison safely.

What do you think?

7 posted on 06/28/2025 9:29:53 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

The Iranian judiciary announced yesterday that Judge Ali Kanaatkhar, Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran and head of the court system at Evin Prison, was killed in an IDF attack on the gates of Evin Prison earlier this week.


8 posted on 06/28/2025 9:31:42 AM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: Salvavida

That is a good guess.


9 posted on 06/28/2025 9:34:36 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (ביחד ננצח הלב שלנו שבוי בעזה Together we will win, our heart is captive in Gaza.)
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To: Carry_Okie

I believe you are correct, Israel destroyed the gates with explosives, see my post #7 to Bob, and tell me what you think.


10 posted on 06/28/2025 9:34:43 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Salvavida
Israel is certainly giving the Ayatollah the opportunity to shoot himself in the foot.

It should be considered that Israel is also being Earnest, and will not pursue Farzadi if he abandons Iran and he evades Iranian "authorities".

11 posted on 06/28/2025 9:42:53 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: jjotto

Thanks, Jotto, I don’t know if the judge was rumored to have received any calls or communications.


12 posted on 06/28/2025 9:47:13 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

The aftershocks of this exchange will reverberate throughout the regime for the foreseeable future.

Absolutely brilliant of Mossad.

[PSYOPS]


13 posted on 06/28/2025 9:52:04 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: Navy Patriot

Western media just spins, not interested in traditional facts. Likely the big name MSM have no one monitoring Farsi media, state-sponsored or dissident, and just reporting instead of opining.


14 posted on 06/28/2025 9:52:55 AM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: Navy Patriot
The source told Fox News Digitial that after receiving the message, Amir contacted his uncle, who then drove to the prison to get his father, Farzadi. The two were seen speeding away from the area moments before the airstrikes began. Farzadi has not been heard from since, according to the source.

And he knows enough to stay missing.

15 posted on 06/28/2025 10:04:44 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Navy Patriot

He was probably tipped off by someone trying to hire him at Columbia University.


16 posted on 06/28/2025 10:09:12 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Navy Patriot

Good story I hope some political prisoners escaped. Trump went ego-tripping nutso ending this so soon. Israel needed another week of pinpoint attacks on Iran. Such as this one to free political prisoners. Israel could have made many bombings to weaken the stinking Ayatollahs. To make an uprising and regime change more likely.


17 posted on 06/28/2025 10:14:33 AM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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To: Organic Panic

Well Played!


18 posted on 06/28/2025 10:15:59 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

He was probably an asset and has been extracted.


19 posted on 06/28/2025 10:19:43 AM PDT by BOBWADE (God Bless America)
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To: Salvavida

Good point. Missed him first time...let the Iranian community knock him off for you now.


20 posted on 06/28/2025 10:22:22 AM PDT by BOBWADE (God Bless America)
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