{"id":327828,"date":"2025-01-18T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T12:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=327828"},"modified":"2025-01-18T17:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:57:05","slug":"the-assassination-of-iranian-judges-behind-mass-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/the-assassination-of-iranian-judges-behind-mass-executions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elimination of Iranian Judges Behind Mass Executions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Notorious judges Ali Razini (right) and Mohammad Moghiseh (left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to official reports, two senior judges, Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh, both responsible for mass executions, were eliminated in their offices in Tehran.<\/span> The attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning when an infiltrator within the judiciary reportedly used a handgun to fatally shoot the two officials. The assailant then took his own life as security forces approached.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both judges were infamous figures in Iran\u2019s judiciary, with long records of human rights abuses and repression that have drawn widespread international condemnation. Their deaths have reignited discussion about their role in decades of systemic oppression, including <\/span>the massacre of over 30000 political prisoners in the 1988 massacre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ali Razini: Enforcer of the 1988 Massacre<\/h3>\n

Ali Razini<\/a>, head of Branch 41 of the Supreme Court, was among the architects of the Iranian regime\u2019s campaign of repression. His most infamous role was in the 1988 massacre<\/a>, during which over 30,000 political prisoners\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>were summarily executed.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Razini was a member of the \u201cDeath Committees\u201d that sentenced prisoners to execution based solely on their political affiliations. Survivors and human rights organizations have accused him of fabricating charges to justify these killings.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a 2016 interview, Razini defended his actions<\/a>, boasting about personally interrogating hundreds of prisoners and ensuring they were either executed or given extended prison sentences.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Razini once sentenced dozens of university students to death in Bojnourd after accusing them of ties to opposition groups. He later claimed this instilled fear in their families and crushed dissent in the region.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mohammad Moghiseh AKA Naserian, is a notorious henchman who has served as interrogator\/torturer of political prisoners since the 80\u2019s
during #1988massacre<\/a> he sent scores of prisoners to death squads in #Gohardasht<\/a> Prison
He must be tried for crimes against humanity#HumanRights<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hVtX9yclNr<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n