Two Iranian Supreme Court judges are gunned down, another injured

TEHRAN – Two Iranian Supreme Court judges were gunned down and another was injured in Tehran in a shooting spree by an assailant on Saturday morning,  the Fars news agency reported.

The assailant killed himself after the shooting spree. The attack took place at 10: 45 a.m. local time.

The judges were attacked outside the Justice Department in downtown Tehran. 

The two veteran top judges killed in the assassination attempt are Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh. They were dealing with offenses against national security, espionage, and terrorism. 

Judge Miri (first name not given) is among the injured. 

Razini, 71, had survived an assassination attempt in ـJanuary 1998 when assailant motorcyclists attached a magnetic bomb to his vehicle. In that attack, he was injured.