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.

"Carter had a bad character," said Hassan Taherifar who works at a Tehran bazaar outside the former US embassy in Tehran, known locally as the "Den of Spies".

Tehran, Iran - December 29, 2024 Traders in Tehran's Shoemaker’s Bazaar said they were striking to protest soaring prices and rampant inflation in Iran. New Kenneth Fire Now 50 Percent Contained ...

Workers in Tehran’s main bazaar staged a rare strike to protest high inflation late last month. Video of striking merchants showed a crowd of men arguing that “the constantly rising price of dollars” ...