ALBAWABA - Local media in Iran announced that Judge Ehsan Bagheri, a criminal court judge, was assassinated on Tuesday morning in Shiraz city, southern Iran.
Press TV confirmed, citing the judiciary, that Judge Ehsan Bagheri was killed while he was on his way to work.
"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 said in a statement.
"Unfortunately, as a result of this terrorist act, he was martyred," it further mentioned.
IRNA revealed that Bagheri, 38, had about 12 years of judicial experience.
