Media reports indicate that the attacker committed suicide immediately after carrying out the shooting.
The slain judges have been identified as Hojjat al-Islam Razini and Hojjat al-Islam Muslimeen Moghisheh. / Photo: Reuters
Two senior Iranian judges were killed after an unidentified armed assailant opened fire on them outside the Supreme Court in Tehran on Saturday morning, state media reported., both judges were killed instantly, while another individual was wounded in the shooting, which took place in a bustling area of central Tehran.It said the two victims were"dedicated and revolutionary judges who firmly stood against those disrupting public security".
The slain judges have been identified as Hojjat al-Islam Razini and Hojjat al-Islam Muslimeen Moghisheh, both of whom presided over different judicial branches in the Iranian capital. According to the preliminary police investigation, the assailant had no pending case in the Supreme Court and was not a client of the branches headed by the two judges.
As of now, there has been no official reaction from senior political or military leaders regarding the incident.
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