US EditionIran Authorities Amputate Fingers of Three Individuals Convicted of Theft
URMIA CENTRAL PRISON, WEST AZERBAIJAN PROVINCE, IRAN, JUL 31 – Three men convicted of theft had four fingers amputated after unfair trials that relied on torture-tainted confessions, highlighting ongoing use of amputation as punishment in Iran.
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Iran authorities amputate fingers of three individuals convicted of theft
Iranian authorities severed the fingers of three men convicted of theft, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday. Iranian researcher Bahar Saba at HRW denounced the punishment, stating, “Amputation is torture, plain and simple. Yet Iran persists in carrying out cruel and inhuman punishments that fly in the face of its human rights obligations.” Mehdi Shahivand, Mehdi Sharafian, and Hadi Rostami were detained in August 2017 due to accusations t…
Iran: Authorities Amputate Three Prisoners’ Fingers in Acts of Torture
Click to expand Image Hadi Rostami. © Kurdistan Human Rights Newtork (Beirut) – Iranian authorities used a “guillotine machine” to amputate fingers of three detained men in the late hours of July 30, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The three men, Hadi Rostami, 38, Mehdi Sharifian, 42, and Mehdi Shahivand, 29, had been convicted of theft after grossly unfair trials. An informed source told Human Rights Watch that the men were blindfolded, ha…
Iranian authorities have amputated the hands of three men convicted of theft, the country's judiciary said. Such a punishment is rare but is provided for in Iranian law.
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