On January 18th, two Iranian supreme court judges were shot dead in the capital Tehran, as reported by the Iranian newspaper “Mizan”. Another judge was injured in the attack, and the assailant committed suicide after the incident outside the Supreme Court.
Local Iranian media reported that one of the judges’ security personnel was also wounded in the shooting.
The motive behind the shooting of the supreme court judges remains unclear, as per Reuters’ report on the incident.
The Iranian judiciary department confirmed the identities of the two slain judges as Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini.
Opposition websites have claimed that Moghiseh was involved in the trials of political prisoners.
This tragic incident has raised concerns about the safety and security of judges in Iran, and the investigation into the motive behind the attack is ongoing.