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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran’s Judges to Carry Guns After Spate of Attacks
2005-08-29
Iranian judges are to carry handguns from today after a judge was seriously wounded yesterday in the fourth attack on a judiciary official in the last four weeks, officials said. Tehran’s criminal prosecutor Fakhroldin Jaffarzadeh said the latest shooting meant judges would have to be armed. “All judges from prosecutors’ offices will carry firearms from tomorrow and, in case they feel in danger, they are licensed to shoot,” he told the ISNA students news agency.
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Judge Mohammad Reza Aghazadeh was fighting for his life after he was shot in the eye outside his Tehran home yesterday morning, Justice Minister Jamal Karimirad said. “I hope God helps us keep him alive,” he said. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, but the IRNA official news agency said Aghazadeh had been presiding over a major land transaction near the industrial city of Karaj, just west of Tehran.
Posted by:Fred

#3  A new source of firearms for the true revolutionaries.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-08-29 16:18  

#2  Judge Roy Bean.
Posted by: gromgoru   2005-08-29 10:13  

#1  Allowing/requiring the judges to carry guns most certainly doesn't guarantee they'll be able to protect themselves... only that someone will get hurt. I can't imagine the Mullahs will require the judges be given training in using the things effectively.
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-08-29 02:00  

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