section_path: Aftermath
section_name: Aftermath
paragraph_text: Aftermath
  
  In a message, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei offered his condolences for the " martyrdom " of both judges. Khamenei also lauded them as Mujahid brothers. President Masoud Pezeshkian said the "terrorist and cowardly" act must be followed up quickly by security forces and law enforcement.
  
  The Iranian judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir stated that the judges were working on "national security cases, including espionage and terrorism." According to the state-affiliated newspaper Tehran Times, several people working at the court building where the attack took place were detained.
  
  Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri described the killings as the "price" the Islamic Republic paid for its "survival". He stated that "capable young judges" would soon replace them.