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January 18, 2025 - IRAN. Mass Executions Behind The Elimination of Iranian Judges
According to official reports, 2 senior judges, Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh, both responsible for mass executions, were eliminated in their offices in Tehran. The attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning when an infiltrator within the judiciary reportedly used a handgun to fatally shoot the 2officials. The assailant then took his own life as security forces approached.
Both judges were infamous figures in Iran’s 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 the massacre of over 30000 political prisoners in the 1988 massacre.
Ali Razini, head of Branch 41 of the Supreme Court, was among the architects of the Iranian regime’s campaign of repression. His most infamous role was in the 1988 massacre, during which over 30,000 political prisoners were summarily executed.
Razini was a member of the “Death Committees” 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.
In a 2016 interview, Razini defended his actions, boasting about personally interrogating hundreds of prisoners and ensuring they were either executed or given extended prison sentences.
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.
Mohammad Moghiseh, also known by his alias “Naserian,” was a central figure in Iran’s judiciary, notorious for presiding over politically motivated trials, issuing death sentences, and overseeing torture.
As part of the Death Committee in Gohardasht Prison, Moghiseh ordered the executions of countless political prisoners. Survivors recount how he expedited hangings, even personally assisting in carrying disabled prisoners to the gallows.
In 2019, he sentenced Abdullah Ghasempour to death and imprisoned 3of his relatives on charges of supporting the PMOI/MEK.
In 2016, he issued death sentences for seven Sunni prisoners based on confessions extracted under torture, many of whom were executed in subsequent years.
Survivors describe Moghiseh executing paralyzed prisoners, including Mohsen Mohammad Bagher, and taunting inmates about their impending deaths.
International human rights organizations have long called for accountability for the atrocities committed by these judges. Both men were sanctioned by the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States for their roles in human rights abuses, including their involvement in the 1988 massacre.
