Two Iran Supreme Court Judges Killed in Tehran Shooting Crime News
The attacker shot and killed a senior judge in the Supreme Court building in the capital Tehran before committing suicide.
Two senior Iranian judges were killed in a shooting at the Supreme Court in the capital Tehran, the judiciary and state media reported.
According to a statement from the Judicial Media Center, the “assassination” was carried out by an armed man who shot himself in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The victims were identified as Muslim scholars Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh, both of whom held the rank of hujjat al-Islam and served on different branches of the court.
“(They) were actively involved in combating crimes against national security, espionage and terrorism,” the statement added, describing the slain judge as “brave and experienced.”
Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir told Iranian state television that “a man armed with a pistol entered the chamber of two judges” and shot them. He said the attacker committed suicide.
The attacker's identity and motive are currently unclear.
“Preliminary investigations show that the perpetrator has not had a case before the Supreme Court before and is not one of the visitors to the Supreme Court,” a statement from the Judiciary Media Center said.
A bodyguard of a judge was also injured in the attack on Saturday, the first working day of the week in Iran, state-run Tehran Times reported.
State media reported that some staff at the court building where the attack took place were detained. The Justice Media Center warns against speculation. Justice authorities have not confirmed any arrests.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said security forces and law enforcement must quickly follow up on this “horrible and cowardly” act.
Razini, 71, was also the subject of an assassination attempt in 1998 when he was head of Tehran's judiciary. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, then president, visited him in the hospital.
Mogiese, 68, was sanctioned by the United States in 2019 for “overseeing numerous unfair trials in which allegations were unsubstantiated and evidence was ignored,” according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
Iran's Justice Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei said in a statement that the judges were killed because of their “decisive response to terrorists whose hands are stained with the pure blood of the Iranian people.” “judgment.
“They have always been the object of hatred and malice by their enemies,” he said.
While attacks on judges are rare, Iran has seen a number of shootings of high-profile figures in the past few years.