Iran’s Prosecutor General has ordered an immediate investigation into a deadly attack in downtown Tehran in which two Supreme Court judges of the country were assassinated.

According to The Iran Project, In his order on Saturday, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Movahhedi Azad tasked Tehran prosecutor general with an immediate and accurate probing into the incident which happened earlier in the day.  

He urged the need for identifying and arresting those behind this act of terrorism.

Hours after the Prosecutor General’s order, Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said that arrests have been made in connection with the attack.

Jahangiri explained that “some people have been identified, summoned or arrested” as part of the investigation into the incident.

He also said that images of the assailant and his weapon, which have been circulating on social media,  are fake.