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Two judges shot dead at Iran’s supreme court

18 January, 2025 15:49

Two judges were shot dead on Saturday at the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported.

Three judges of the top court were targeted in the shooting incident, with two of them were martyred, said the judiciary’s Mizan Online website, adding that the “assailant killed himself”.

According to IRNA, one other person was injured in the attack.

The martyred judges were identified at Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghisseh.

They were working on cased “fighting crimes against national security, espionage and terrorism”.

The motive behind their killing was not immediately clear, but Mizan said the assailant was not involved in any cases before the Supreme Court, without providing further details on the attacker’s identity.

Authorities said an investigation into the incident was launched, Mizan added.

Veteran judge Moghisseh, 68, was sanctioned in 2019 by the United States for having “overseen countless unfair trails, during which charges went unsubstantiated and evidence was disregarded”, according to the US Department of the Treasury.

Razini, 71, held several important positions in Iran’s judiciary and was previously targeted in a 1998 assassination attempt by assailants “who planted a magnetic bomb in his vehicle”, according to Mizan.

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