PARIS: Eight Iranians convicted of theft and held outside Tehran are at risk of having their fingers amputated, an NGO warned on Friday, calling the punishment “inhuman”.
Men being held in Greater Tehran prison, waiting for their fingers to be amputated aside, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights Iran ,abc) said in a statement.
Three of them were specially transferred from the Orumiyeh prison in northwestern Iran for dissection.
It said he was told that his sentence would be implemented after a guillotine-like device was commissioned for the purpose at Avin Prison in Tehran.
On June 8, all eight were called to be transferred to Evin for amputation, which was postponed for unknown reasons.
In a joint statement with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), ABC said it was concerned by “credible reports” that the device was now installed in a clinic in Evin and has been used for at least one amputation in recent days.
“The execution of such cruel and inhuman punishment is a violation of the minimum standards of humanity and decency,” the ABC executive director said. Roya Boroumandi,
“The international community can and should respond immediately to prevent the implementation of these discontinuities,” he said.
Amputation of fingers is permitted under Sharia law in the Islamic Republic, but has rarely been performed until now.
ABC said it had collected reports on at least 356 sentences of amputations issued since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but said the actual number is believed to be much higher.
If punished, according to Iran’s penal code, four fingers of the right hand of men will be amputated.
Concerns over his pending sentence come as rights groups sound the alarm over the rising number of executions in Iran at a time of protest over price hikes.
At least 168 people were executed by Iranian authorities in the first five months of 2022, a 50 percent increase from the same period last year, according to Norway-based Iran Human Rights.
Men being held in Greater Tehran prison, waiting for their fingers to be amputated aside, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights Iran ,abc) said in a statement.
Three of them were specially transferred from the Orumiyeh prison in northwestern Iran for dissection.
It said he was told that his sentence would be implemented after a guillotine-like device was commissioned for the purpose at Avin Prison in Tehran.
On June 8, all eight were called to be transferred to Evin for amputation, which was postponed for unknown reasons.
In a joint statement with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), ABC said it was concerned by “credible reports” that the device was now installed in a clinic in Evin and has been used for at least one amputation in recent days.
“The execution of such cruel and inhuman punishment is a violation of the minimum standards of humanity and decency,” the ABC executive director said. Roya Boroumandi,
“The international community can and should respond immediately to prevent the implementation of these discontinuities,” he said.
Amputation of fingers is permitted under Sharia law in the Islamic Republic, but has rarely been performed until now.
ABC said it had collected reports on at least 356 sentences of amputations issued since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but said the actual number is believed to be much higher.
If punished, according to Iran’s penal code, four fingers of the right hand of men will be amputated.
Concerns over his pending sentence come as rights groups sound the alarm over the rising number of executions in Iran at a time of protest over price hikes.
At least 168 people were executed by Iranian authorities in the first five months of 2022, a 50 percent increase from the same period last year, according to Norway-based Iran Human Rights.