Two senior Iranian Supreme Courtroom judges concerned in dealing with espionage and terrorism circumstances had been shot useless within the capital Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s judiciary stated.
It stated the attacker killed himself after opening fireplace on the judges contained in the Supreme Courtroom, and {that a} bodyguard of one of many judges was wounded.
The judiciary recognized the judges who had been killed as mid-ranking Shi’ite Muslim clerics Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini.
Whereas the motive for the assassination was nonetheless unclear, judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir advised state tv that the 2 judges had lengthy been concerned in “nationwide safety circumstances, together with espionage and terrorism”.
“Up to now 12 months, the judiciary has undertaken intensive efforts to establish spies and terrorist teams, a transfer that has sparked anger and resentment among the many enemies,” he stated.
State TV stated these circumstances had been associated to people linked to Israel and the Iranian opposition supported by america. It didn’t elaborate.
Opposition web sites have prior to now stated Moghiseh was concerned in trials of individuals they described as political prisoners.
Razini was a goal of an assassination try in 1998.
