Two judges of the Supreme Court of Iran have been fatally shot in Tehran, according to the judiciary

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Two Judges of the Supreme Court of Iran were shot and killed and a third judge was wounded on Saturday.

The incident took place in Tehran on Saturday, according to the Mizan judicial news website.

Justice named the murdered judges as Ayatollahs Mohammad Magiseh and Ali Razini.

An Iranian flag flies in a park in northwest Tehran on October 3, 2023. (Martesa Nikubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

After that, the shooter killed himself shoot the referees outside the Supreme Court, the website reports.

As a result of the attack, the bodyguard of one of the judges was also wounded, according to Iranian media.

This is a locator map of Iran with its capital Tehran.

The motive for the murder remains unclear.

Opposition websites previously reported that Magishe was participate in legal proceedings people they called political prisoners.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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