Two veteran Iranian Supreme Court judges, known for handling high-profile cases, were shot dead in Tehran by an assailant who later took his own life.

The two judges, Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini, dealt with sensitive cases, a spokesman said. Moghiseh was known to handle death penalty cases for activists.

Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country’s Supreme Court. Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh were killed after a gunman entered the court, in the capital Tehran,