Two brutal butchers, I'm sure the only unhappy ones with this are the Ayatollahs and their followers.
Two senior judges of the Islamic Republic's Supreme Court , Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini, were killed in an armed attack in Tehran on Saturday.
Both were high-ranking officials notorious for issuing harsh sentences, including executions.
The attacker used a handgun to carry out the shootings before taking own life, Fars news agency reported.
Iran’s judiciary said a “planned assassination” was carried out by “an armed infiltrator” inside the Supreme Court building.
“Based on preliminary investigations, the individual in question neither had a case in the Supreme Court nor was a visitor to its branches,” the judiciary said.
Mohammad Moghiseh, also known as "Nasirian," also a cleric, was a notorious violator of human rights through his work as a judge of the Islamic Revolutionary Court.
He issued many death sentences, long prison terms, and oversaw the abuse of detainees and their families. His actions placed him on the European Union and United States sanctions lists.
He presided over the trials of many political prisoners who supported the 2009 Green Movement and were arrested after protesting the results of that year's presidential elections.
Following his death, former detainees recalled his harsh and abusive behavior, with some recounting traumatic memories that underscored his severe and even extrajudicial practices.
In recent years, the Iranian authorities transferred Moghiseh from the Revolutionary Court to the Supreme Court, where he served as a branch head and judge at the time of his assassination.
Ali Razini, another infamous judicial official, was assassinated alongside Maqiseh.
At the time of his death, Razini was the head of Branch 41 of the Supreme Court.
Razini was one of the most influential judicial figures in the Islamic Republic and played a prominent role in the systematic violation of Iranian citizens’ human rights. He was also sanctioned by the EU and the US officials.
Before his tenure at the Supreme Court, Razini held numerous high-ranking positions, including Prosecutor of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, Head of the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces, Chief Justice of Tehran Province, Head of the Administrative Justice Court, Chief Judge of the Special Clerical Court, and Legal Deputy to the Chief Justice.
During the presidency of the Mohammad Khatami, a leading figure in the Islamic Republic's reformist faction, Razini, as Chief Justice of Tehran Province, played a role in the arrest and prosecution of journalists and Khatami supporters.
He survived an assassination attempt during this period, in 1999.
Both judges were also heavily implicated in the mass executions of political prisoners in the summer of 1988.
According to the United Nations Human Rights Office, the Islamic Republic executed 901 people in 2024.
Among those executed were 31 women, many of whom were convicted of murder while defending themselves or their family members from domestic violence, rape, or forced marriage.
While most executions were for drug-related offenses, the UN also reported that political dissidents and individuals connected to the 2022 protests were among those executed.
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Two senior judges of the Islamic Republic's Supreme Court , Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini, were killed in an armed attack in Tehran on Saturday.
Both were high-ranking officials notorious for issuing harsh sentences, including executions.
The attacker used a handgun to carry out the shootings before taking own life, Fars news agency reported.
Iran’s judiciary said a “planned assassination” was carried out by “an armed infiltrator” inside the Supreme Court building.
“Based on preliminary investigations, the individual in question neither had a case in the Supreme Court nor was a visitor to its branches,” the judiciary said.
Mohammad Moghiseh, also known as "Nasirian," also a cleric, was a notorious violator of human rights through his work as a judge of the Islamic Revolutionary Court.
He issued many death sentences, long prison terms, and oversaw the abuse of detainees and their families. His actions placed him on the European Union and United States sanctions lists.
He presided over the trials of many political prisoners who supported the 2009 Green Movement and were arrested after protesting the results of that year's presidential elections.
Following his death, former detainees recalled his harsh and abusive behavior, with some recounting traumatic memories that underscored his severe and even extrajudicial practices.
In recent years, the Iranian authorities transferred Moghiseh from the Revolutionary Court to the Supreme Court, where he served as a branch head and judge at the time of his assassination.
Ali Razini, another infamous judicial official, was assassinated alongside Maqiseh.
At the time of his death, Razini was the head of Branch 41 of the Supreme Court.
Razini was one of the most influential judicial figures in the Islamic Republic and played a prominent role in the systematic violation of Iranian citizens’ human rights. He was also sanctioned by the EU and the US officials.
Before his tenure at the Supreme Court, Razini held numerous high-ranking positions, including Prosecutor of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, Head of the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces, Chief Justice of Tehran Province, Head of the Administrative Justice Court, Chief Judge of the Special Clerical Court, and Legal Deputy to the Chief Justice.
During the presidency of the Mohammad Khatami, a leading figure in the Islamic Republic's reformist faction, Razini, as Chief Justice of Tehran Province, played a role in the arrest and prosecution of journalists and Khatami supporters.
He survived an assassination attempt during this period, in 1999.
Both judges were also heavily implicated in the mass executions of political prisoners in the summer of 1988.
According to the United Nations Human Rights Office, the Islamic Republic executed 901 people in 2024.
Among those executed were 31 women, many of whom were convicted of murder while defending themselves or their family members from domestic violence, rape, or forced marriage.
While most executions were for drug-related offenses, the UN also reported that political dissidents and individuals connected to the 2022 protests were among those executed.
Two Senior Iranian Judges Shot Dead in Tehran
Two senior judges of the Islamic Republic's Supreme Court , Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini, were killed in an armed attack in Tehran o ...
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