Two judges killed in armed attack in Tehran

Two prominent judges were assassinated in a terrorist attack in Tehran on Saturday.

On Saturday morning, an armed person in a planned action and attempted to assassinate two experienced Iranian judges in front of the Supreme Court of Iran, The Caspian Post reports, citing Iranian media.

Hujjatoleslam Razini and Hujjatoleslam Moghiseh were martyred in the terrorist attack.

The attacker committed suicide immediately after conducting the attack.

According to the preliminary investigation, the attacker neither had a criminal case at the Supreme Court of Iran nor was he a client of the Court's branches.

Reports suggest that another judge and one of the bodyguards were also injured in the attack.

Currently, an investigation has begun to identify and arrest other perpetrators of the terrorist act.