Complaints filed against Israel over killings of Iranian scientists

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejeii has said that Iran has filed complaints against the Zionist regime at international courts over its involvement in the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists.

Mohseni-Ejeii, who is also the national prosecutor general, made the remarks during his regular press briefing on Monday.

Iranian nuclear scientists have been the targets of assassination over the past few days, and the country’s officials maintain that intelligence agents of Israel’s Mossad are behind the killings, the latest of which was the assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, an official at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, who was assassinated in Tehran on January 11.

Arrests made ahead of parliamentary election

During the press briefing, Mohseni-Ejeii also commented on Iran’s next parliamentary election, which is scheduled to be held on March 2, and announced that a number of people seeking to disrupt the election process had been arrested.

Defendants in fraud case to stand trial on Feb. 18

He also announced that the first court session in the trial of the defendants accused of involvement in the $2.6 billion financial fraud case will be held on February 18.

Indictments have been issued for 32 suspects in the case, Mohseni-Ejeii added.

Asked if those current MPs who have been barred by the Guardian Council from competing in the March 2 parliamentary election had been involved in the fraud case, Mohseni-Ejeii said that the Guardian Council should be asked why certain candidates have been disqualified.

The qualifications of four current parliamentarians have not been approved.

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