An assailant has opened fire near the Supreme Court headquarters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, killing at least two judges. Informed sources told IRNA that the two judges were killed and a third one was wounded in the shooting, which occurred on a busy Tehran square earlier on Saturday.
In a statement, the Judiciary’s media office identified the victims as Hojjatoleslam Ali Razini, head of Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, and Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Moqiseh, head of Branch 53. “This morning, an armed infiltrator in the Supreme Court acted on a pre-planned assassination [plot] against two brave judges with a long history of fighting crimes against national security, spies, and terrorism,” the statement read.
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Source: IRNA News
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