Israel struck Evin prison in northern Tehran on Monday, a potent symbol of Iran's governing system, in what Israel called its most intense bombing yet of the Iranian capital a day after the United States joined the war.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel on Monday expanded its war against Iran to include targets associated with the country’s struggling theocracy, striking the gate of a Tehran prison notorious for holding political activists and hitting the headquarters of the military force that suppressed recent protests.

Israel picked up the pace of its attacks on Iran on Monday, targeting the regime's notorious Evin prison as well as the headquarters of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, among other targets. Iran is still working on a response to the U.