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Tehran: A man opened fire in Iran’s Supreme Court in Tehran on Saturday. 2 judges died in this attack. At the same time, Supreme Court spokesperson Asghar Jahangir has claimed that the judges were killed by entering their rooms.
Both the judges were hearing cases of national security, terrorism, espionage. After firing at both, the attacker committed suicide. Another judge has also been injured in the entire incident. Apart from this, a bodyguard has also been injured.
According to the report, this attack took place at 10:45 am local time. The Supreme Court judges who were targeted have been identified as Ali Rajini and Moghiseh. They were among the senior judges of the Iranian judiciary. According to media reports, both the judges were called hangmen due to giving more death sentences.
The motive of the attack is not known, police started investigation
According to reports, the attacker was an employee of the Justice Department. According to Iran International, several people have been arrested from Tehran’s court house. Officials have said that an investigation has started to find out the motive behind the attack.
An attempt was also made to kill Rajini in 1988. During that time a magnetic bomb was installed in his bike. At the same time, according to the US Treasury Department, the second judge Moghiseh was banned by the US in 2019.
Iran is one of the countries with the highest number of executions sentence in the world. In Iran, 901 people were sentenced to death in 2024. These include 31 women. In a week of December last year, 40 people were sentenced to death.
According to UN Human Rights, most of the people who were hanged last year were associated with drug and nationwide protests after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022.
In Iran, even 9-year-old girls are hanged. Despite signing the United Nations Convention against giving death penalty to minors, Iran is among the top countries where the highest number of death sentences are given.
According to Amnesty International, girls in Iran can be given death penalty after crossing the age of 9. For boys, this age is 15. Between 2005 and 2015, about 73 children have been given death penalty.
Before reaching the gallows, every young person in Iran who has been sentenced to death spends an average of seven years in jail. In many cases, it is even 10 years. Under international laws, giving death penalty to a person below 18 years of age is prohibited.
