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paragraph_text: On 18 January 2025, an attack took place at the Supreme Court of Iran, located inside the Palace of Justice in Tehran, Iran. Initial reports stated that the shooting occurred when a man armed with a knife entered, attacking a bodyguard before taking control of the bodyguard's handgun and opening fire. Two senior Qadi (Sharia judges), Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh, died after being shot in their offices. A third judge survived his injuries.
  
  The judges were reportedly adjudicating cases of student protesters, artists, intellectuals and activists in bench trials and had roles in the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners.
  
  The perpetrator killed himself soon after the shooting, before he could be apprehended. No potential motive has been released.