Agence France Presse: TEHRAN, July 14 (AFP) - A revolutionary court judge and several civil servants were indicted in a closed courtroom on charges of molesting teenage girls, the reformist daily Seday-e-Edalat, reported Saturday.

The daily gave no further information on the session's date or the nature of the verdict.

Kazem Montazeri-Moghadam, who presides over the revolutionary court in Karaj, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Tehran, has been on trial since February along with seven or eight other unidentified officials, the press said.

Iranian law calls for the death penalty in crimes of sexual abuse.

The case centers around the abuse of girls staying at a group home for troubled youth in Karaj.

The official IRNA agency said press had also reported that the unseated judge of the court was arrested in connection with a prostitution ring involving under-age females.

The home, called the Center of Islamic Orientation, was created four years ago, without government approval, to house dozens of girls between the ages of 12 and 18 who had run away from home or had troubles with law.