Romania: Autopsy indicates fugitive ex-Iranian judge died of impact from fall

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Publish Date: 17:05 - 24 June 2020
Wednesday, 24 June_Romania says autopsy findings indicate that the fugitive former Iranian judge, whose body was found at a hotel in Bucharest last week, died of the impact from a fall.

Romania: Autopsy indicates fugitive ex-Iranian judge died of impact from fallIn a statement released on Tuesday, Bucharest’s prosecuting unit said based on preliminary conclusions from the forensic autopsy, Gholamreza Mansouri's death was “caused by traumatic injuries incompatible with life, produced by hitting a hard surface."

The body of the 52-year-old judge was found at Bucharest's Duke hotel on Friday.  

Mansouri, who was accused of taking a 500,000-euro bribe, was a co-defendant in a major financial corruption trial currently underway in Iran that also involves former deputy head of the Judiciary Akbar Tabari, among others.

Iranian authorities had issued an alert for Mansouri’s arrest through the International Criminal Police Organization, known as Interpol, and requested his extradition to Iran.

The ex-judge was arrested in Romania, but later released from custody and put under police watch.

A court in Bucharest had given the Islamic Republic until July 10 to file the extradition documents.

 
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