Iran Press/Iran news: The Consul General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the Romanian Ambassador to Tehran and presented him with an official memo from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging him to accelerate the action of the relevant Romanian authorities to investigate and announce the cause of death of Gholamreza Mansouri, an Iranian citizen and former fugitive judge.
Circumstances around the death of the fugitive judge, Gholamreza Mansouri are uncertain at the moment, but preliminary reports indicated that Mansouri apparently fell out of a window in the Duke Hotel at 2:30 p.m. (1130 GMT) on Friday.
While emphasizing on the responsibility of the Romanian government in ensuring the safety of Gholamreza Mansouri, who was under police surveillance, the Consul General, referred to the request of the deceased's family and also the importance of this case for Iran stressed the need to speed up the process of medical and legal investigations and the transfer of his body to Iran.
The Romanian Ambassador also stated that after obtaining the opinion of the officials of his country in this regard, he will provide the results of the investigations to the officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Meanwhile, Brigadier General Hadi Shirzad, head of Iranian international police, announced on Saturday that they had sent a letter to the Romanian Interpol Police for permission and asked for additional information about the death.
Iran urges Romania to clarify the cause of ex-judge death Gholamreza Mansouri
Romania’s police said Mansouri had fallen to his death in what preliminary investigation indicated was a suicide.
But, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Saturday that Romania had been urged to “explicitly, clearly and precisely” explain the conditions under which the fugitive judge had lost his life or had been killed.
According to the report, The fugitive judge had visited Iran’s embassy in Bucharest to discuss possible ways to return to the country.
Iranian Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili announced on Saturday that the judge, accused of receiving €500,000 in kickbacks, had been arrested in Romania and his extradition had been disrupted over the coronavirus pandemic.
Mansouri, placed under judicial control, was due to appear before a Romanian court on July 10 regarding the Iranian extradition request
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