Masoud Ahmadi Moghaddasi
Masoud Ahmadi Moghaddasi | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 Iran |
| Died | August 2, 2005 age 42 Tehran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Occupation | Judge |
Judge Masoud Ahmadi Moghaddasi (Persian: مسعود احمدی مقدسی; 1963 – August 2, 2005) was an Iranian judge, and deputy to Saeed Mortazavi. He was assassinated by a gunman named Majid Kavousifar[1] on Tehran's Ahmad Ghasir Avenue while commuting home from work.
He was born in 1963 at the Balakhiaban neighbourhood of Mashhad to a poor family. His family were from Yazd.
Moghadasi had ruled in the case of journalist Akbar Ganji which led to Ganji's imprisonment, and was also involved in the case of Zahra Kazemi.
Moghadasi also was in charge of the trial of Iranian famous blogger Mojtaba Saminejad and his friends who were involved in that case.
References[]
- ^ "Tehran killers hanged in public". BBC News. 2 August 2007.
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