US EditionJudge is stabbed to death in southern Iran
- Judge Ehsum Bagheri, aged 38, was stabbed to death on Tuesday morning in Shiraz, southern Iran, while on his way to work.
- The attack involved two unidentified assailants who remain at large, prompting authorities to launch an investigation into the stabbing.
- Iranian state media reported the judge worked for the city’s judicial department and described the killing as a terrorist act.
- No group claimed responsibility, and the murder follows a similar January shooting in Tehran targeting two hardline judges alleged to have executed dissidents in the 1980s.
- The incident highlights ongoing risks faced by judicial officials in Iran and may signal continued targeted violence against the judiciary.
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Iranian judge assassinated on way to court in Shiraz
A criminal court judge in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz in Fars province was assassinated Tuesday morning on his way to work, the judiciary said. "This morning, two individuals attacked and assassinated Judge Ehsan Bagheri, head of Branch 102 of the Criminal Court 2 in Shiraz, while he was on his way to work," the judiciary's Mizan Online reported. "Unfortunately, as a result of this terrorist act, he was martyred," it added. The assailant…
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