Former justice minister blames MEK for killing of two judges

The base is one of several built underground for vessels capable of launching long-range missiles and carry out distant warfare, IRGC Chief Commander Hossein Salami said after visiting the secret base during war games.

Footage released by IRGC-affiliated media and the state TV showed tunnels with long rows of "a new version of Taregh-class radar-evading speedboats which can launch cruise missiles."

The base was built at a depth of 500 meters (yards) somewhere in the Persian Gulf, according to the state TV report.

Iran started massive military exercises earlier this month that are due to last two months and have already included war games in which the IRGC defended nuclear installations in Natanz against mock attacks by missiles and drones.

The drills are held at a time when tension with the United States is widely expected to rise following Donald Trump's inauguration.

Tehran is concerned that Trump might empower Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.

Former political prisoner and dissident activist Hossein Ronaghi says the anger of the Iranian people, resulting from decades of oppression, will eventually impact those in power.

"What we are witnessing today is the result of decades of humiliation, death, destruction, and devastation that the Islamic Republic has imposed on Iranians. Surely, the people's anger will engulf all of you," he wrote in a post on his X account in reaction to the assassination of two Supreme Court judges.

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Hossein Ronaghi, a blogger and activist who has spent years in prison for his political views, wrote on X: “What we are witnessing today is the result of decades of humiliation, death, destruction, and devastation imposed on Iranians by the Islamic Republic. Certainly, the people's anger will engulf all of you.”

Hossein Razagh, a political activist and former detainee, commented on X: “While terrorism should not be celebrated, the demise of the agents of oppression deserves a celebration.”

Atena Daemi, a human rights activist and former prisoner known for her opposition to executions and advocacy for political prisoners, shared on X: “I am glad they met their end—not at the hands of those they condemned to death and imprisonment under the pretext of disturbing security, but by their own employees!”

Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, head of Iran's judiciary, expressed his condolences over the deaths of Supreme Court judges Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh.

Ejei praised the two judges for their strict rulings and called them "true believers in the Islamic Revolution" and "dedicated servants of the people." He said their decisive actions against "terrorists and criminals had made them targets of hatred from enemies."

Ejei added that the judges never hesitated to prosecute and punish those who threatened the security of citizens.

The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the assassination of Supreme Court judges Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh, calling it a "cowardly and inhumane terrorist act", and urged security forces to identify and prosecute those responsible swiftly.

"The martyrdom of two prominent judges of our country in this cowardly and inhumane terrorist act has deeply saddened me," Masoud Pezeshkian's statement read on the government's website.

"I strongly urge the security and law enforcement forces to immediately investigate the dimensions and aspects of this reprehensible act and take the necessary steps to identify and bring to justice those responsible," he added.

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