Two Judges of the Iranian Supreme Court were shot dead while a third judge was wounded on Saturday.
According to the judiciary’s Mizan news website, the incident took place in Tehran on Saturday.
The judiciary identified the murdered judges as Ayatollahs Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini.
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An Iranian flag waves in a park in northwest Tehran, October 3, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The shooter then committed suicide shooting the jurors outside the Supreme Court, the website said.
A bodyguard of one of the judges was also injured in the attack, Iranian media reported.
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The motive for the murder remains unclear.
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Opposition websites previously said Moghiseh was involved in trials of people they describe as political prisoners.
Reuters contributed to this report.
