section_path: Fatalities/Mohammad Moghiseh
section_name: Mohammad Moghiseh
paragraph_text: Mohammad Moghiseh
  
  Mohammad Moghiseh (Persian: محمد مقیسه; 1956 – 18 January 2025) was an Iranian judge. He served on the Supreme Court of Iran from 2020 until his death. Moghiseh was the sentencing judge of Nasrin Sotoudeh and adjudicated the case of Hossein Rajabian. He was sanctioned in December 2019 by the United States Department of the Treasury 's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) "pursuant to E.O. 13846 for engaging in censorship and other activities with respect to Iran on or after 12 July 2009 that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran". He was also sanctioned by the European Union and Canada over alleged human rights abuses. At the time of his assassination, he was aged 68.