In October, a Shiite Muslim preacher was shot dead in the southern city of Kazeroun after leading Friday prayers.
The judiciary’s Mizan Online website said: “This morning, a gunman infiltrated the Supreme Court in a planned act of assassination of two brave and experienced judges.
TWO veteran Iranian Supreme Court judges have been shot dead by an assailant who later took his own life.
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In 1999, Razini survived an assassination attempt after a bomb was attached to his vehicle.
The shooting of sitting judges is rare in Iran, but the country has a storied history of high-profile figures being targeted for death.
“The two judges were martyred in the act.”
Moghisseh was sanctioned in 2019 by the United States for having “overseen countless unfair trails, during which charges went unsubstantiated and evidence was disregarded”, according to the US Department of the Treasury.
No further details on the attacker’s identity were released but Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian urged an investigation take place into the shock shooting.
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Razini held several important positions in Iran’s judiciary and has been the target of assassination attempts in the past.
The Iranian judiciary said the assailant killed the two senior judges in a “planned assassination” in Tehran.
