Iran raised the official death toll from its war with Israel on Monday, with regime-controlled media reporting that 935 people were killed in the country during the 12-day conflict.

The state-run IRNA news agency did not give a breakdown between military and civilian casualties, but said of the 935 people, 38 were children and 132 were women, quoting judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir. Its previous report last week said 627 people had been killed.

Jahangir also said 79 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison for political dissidents. The previous casualty figure for the Evin strike was 71.

Israel began its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program on June 13 with the aim of preventing the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear........

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