Judiciary chief issues statement

Mohseni Ezeh-ei, Head of Iran's Judiciary, in remarks addressed to those referred to in domestic media as "killers of martyrs," threatened that he would seize them by the collar and not let them go. These comments came in connection with an event whose main victim is referred to by Iranian media as "Iran's Master Martyr," without existing coverage providing further details about the identity or nature of the event. The Judiciary also announced it would place all its capacity at the service of organizing farewell and funeral ceremonies. These statements have been reflected across a broad spectrum of Iran's official and semi-official media outlets.

• Mohseni Ezeh-ei explicitly stated: "We will seize you by the collar and will not let you go."
• Based on coverage by IRNA and Jam-e Jam newspaper, the Head of the Judiciary added: "You must pay the price for your crimes in proportion to the crimes you have committed."
• Jam-e Jam newspaper highlighted the phrase "We will recover all our losses and will not release the perpetrators" as the main takeaway from his remarks in its headline.
• The commander of the Judiciary Basij and the Ministry of Justice announced that the Judiciary is at the service of organizing a "grand" farewell and funeral ceremony for "Iran's Master Martyr" with all its capacity.
• In none of the existing coverage has the specific identity of "Iran's Master Martyr" or details of the event that led to this speech been explicitly stated.
• No source in these reports provided information about the identity of the party being threatened by the Head of the Judiciary.
• Mohseni Ezeh-ei's remarks were published simultaneously by Farsi News Agency, IRNA, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Mizan News Agency, Jam-e Jam, and Etemad, indicating broad coverage by domestic media.
• Etemad newspaper categorized this news under the subject tag "Political."
• A difference in rendering a key phrase was observed among media outlets: some wrote "qatilan" (killers) and some "qatlan," a difference that is purely grammatical and does not alter the content.. Coverage difference: All media outlets providing coverage are from official channels and outlets close to Iranian government institutions and demonstrate uniform emphasis on the Head of the Judiciary's threatening remarks; therefore, no notable narrative diversity is observed among them. The only noticeable difference is that Mizan News Agency, instead of focusing on the threatening aspect of the remarks, emphasized the logistical and service readiness of the Judiciary for organizing the funeral ceremony, whereas other media outlets placed the threatening statements at the center of their coverage. No media outlet covered this event from a critical perspective or with a differing viewpoint.