Masoud Ahmadi Moghaddasi
Personal details
Born1963
Iran
DiedAugust 2, 2005 (aged 42)
Tehran
OccupationJudge

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 Majid Kavousifar[1] on Tehran's Ahmad Ghasir Avenue while commuting home from work due to his crimes against humanity.

Moghaddasi was born in 1963 at the Balakhiaban neighbourhood of Mashhad to a poor family. His family was from Yazd.

He 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. Moghadasi was responsible for the trial sentencing and execution of 1000s.

In addition, he was involved in 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners.

References

  1. "Tehran killers hanged in public". BBC News. 2 August 2007.


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