Two Iranian judges in Tehran killed with a planned murder

Two Iranian judges in Tehran killed with a planned murder

In Tehran, two experienced judges of the Supreme Court of Iran, who are known for the processing of top -class cases, were shot by an attacker. The perpetrator then committed suicide. According to the judiciary's press office, it was reported that the attacker had no ongoing legal proceedings and that the exact Details of the incident are still unclear. The Iranian judiciary described the incident as a "planned murder", which was in court -owned. The perpetrator tried to flee before taking life.

Details of the incident

A security guard was injured in the attack, as the judicial spokesman Asghar Jahangir announced to the Mizan news agency.

The victims

Richter Mohammad Moghiseh and judge Ali Razini were experienced lawyers who had been led by protesters, artists and activists for decades. Moghiseh was in 2019 by the United States sanctioned were ignored unfounded and evidence. Eight years earlier he was also from the European union has been.

infamous judgments

In a single case, he condemned eight Iranian Facebook users to a total of 127 years in prison for regime criticism and insults of religion. He also put filmmakers and poets on trial for “propaganda against the state”, according to the US Ministry of Finance.

other serious judgments

In another case in 2019, he condemned the prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and women's rights activist Nasrin Sotumeh at 33 years in prison and 148 whipping, as Amnesty reported.

The background of Ali Razini

In 1999 Razini survived a murder attack after a bomb was attached to his vehicle, the Iranian news agency Fars reported. Together with the former President Ebrahim Raisi, he is accused of being one of the judges who worked in the "Death Commission" - a notorious body that monitored the persecution and execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988