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Cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments

Amputation and Blinding

Amputation, Shahab Teimuri, Mehrdad Teimuri, Urumieh, Kurdistan Human Rights Network, October 30, 2024
October 30, 2024
Finger Amputation in Evin Prison for Morteza Jalili on Charge of Theft
Kurdistan Human Rights Network
September 9, 2022
Finger Amputation at Rajaishahr Prison for Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini on Charge of Theft
Human Rights in Iran
September 9, 2022
Iranian cases throw spotlight on use of punitive amputation
Sharmila Devi
August 20, 2022
Finger Amputations in Evin Prison for Pouya Torabi and Seyyed Barat Hosseini on Charge of "Theft"
Amnesty International
July 29, 2022
Finger in Evin Prison for Behruz Moradi on Charge of Theft
Kurdistan Human Rights Network
June 30, 2022
Hand Amputation in Mazandaran for Man Accused of Theft
Mizan Online / Translation by Abdorrahman Boroumand Center
October 23, 2019
ABC Note on Corporal Punishments in the Iranian Judicial System
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center
May 20, 2019
Cutting Off Hands: An Islamic Necessity? (Video)
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center
March 5, 2018
Hand Amputation in Shiraz: Man Accused of Theft Tells Story of 1999 Finger Amputation
HRANA / Translation by Abdorrahman Boroumand Center
February 17, 2018
Hand Amputation in Khorasan Razavi for Man Accused of Stealing Sheep
Sa'id Khalil Sajadpour / Translation by ABC
January 18, 2018
Mohsen Sabzichi: A Victim of Punitive Amputation Speaks
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center
November 15, 2017
Hand Amputation in Mashhad for Man Accused of Theft
Sa'id Khalil Sajadpour
October 14, 2017
Man Executed Ten Days After Hand Amputation in Shiraz
April 18, 2017
Hand Amputation in Orumieh: Four Fingers of the Right Hand of Two Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
December 26, 2016
Forced Blinding in Tehran: Man Blinded in Both Eyes for Allegedly Sprinkling Quicklime into a Girl’s Eyes
November 8, 2016
Hand Amputation in Mashhad: Fingers of an Individual Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
May 10, 2016
Mashhad: Right Hands and Left Feet of Two Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
August 4, 2015
Hand Amputation in Mashhad: Fingers of Two Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
June 29, 2015
Forced Blinding in Karaj: Man Blinded in One Eye for Acid Throwing; Blinding of Second Eye Postponed
March 4, 2015
Hand Amputation in Mashhad: A Man’s Hand was Amputated for Alleged Robbery
December 31, 2014
Hand Amputation in Esfahan: Five individuals were hand amputated for alleged robbery
September 7, 2014
Hand Amputation in Abarkuh: Four Fingers of the Right Hand of a Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery, Fraud, etc.
August 22, 2014
Amputation of Fingers in Sari: Four Fingers of An Individual Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
Mazandaran Provincial Courthouse / ABF Translation
January 27, 2013
Public Amputation in Shiraz: Fingers of A Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
Fars Provincial Courthouse / ABF Translation
January 25, 2013
Public Amputation of Hand in Yazd: Four Fingers of Two Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
November 13, 2012
Amputation of Hand in Mashhad: Four Fingers of a Young Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
May 19, 2012
Hand and Foot Amputation in Shiraz: A Man’s Foot and Another Man’s Hand Were Amputated for Alleged Robberies
December 11, 2011
Hand Amputation in Shiraz: Hands of Two Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
November 24, 2011
Hand Amputation in Yazd: A man’s fingers were amputated for alleged robbery
Yazd Court House/ABF translation
October 29, 2011
Hand Amputation in Esfahan: Fingers of four men were amputated for alleged robbery
Esfahan general and Revolutionary Prosecutor/ABF translation
October 8, 2011
Hand amputation in Shiraz: Two unknown persons were hand amputated for alleged robbery
Jonub News Daily
December 11, 2010
Hand Amputation in Mashhad: Four fingers of the hand of an individual were amputated for alleged robbery
November 23, 2010
Hand Amputation in Mashhad: The hand of an unknown person was amputated for alleged robbery
November 14, 2010
Hand Amputation in Yazd: A man’s hand was amputated for alleged robbery
October 18, 2010
Hand Amputation in Mashhad: A man’s hand was amputated for alleged robbery
October 12, 2010
Hand amputation of five individuals in Hamadan: Five unknown individuals had hands amputated for alleged robbery
July 22, 2010
Amputation of a hand in Malayer: A man’s hand was amputated for alleged robbery
July 3, 2010
Amputation in Mahshahr: A man’s hand and foot were amputated for alleged robbery
April 13, 2010
Amputation in Khuzestan: An individual was sentenced to amputation for alleged armed robbery
March 2, 2010
Amputation in Ahvaz: Limbs of Four Individuals Were Amputated During Ten Months
February 2, 2010
Amputation in Ahvaz: The right hand and left foot of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
November 29, 2009
Hand amputation in Tehran: An Afghan man’s fingers were amputated for alleged robbery
November 3, 2009
Amputation of Hand and Foot in Bandar-e Abbas: A Foot and a Hand of an Individual Were Amputated for Alleged Participation in Robbery
January 5, 2009
Hand Amputation in Kermanshah: A Hand of An Individual Was Amputated for Alleged Robbery
December 16, 2008
Hand Amputation in Ardakan: Fingers of a Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
March 16, 2008
Amputation of Hand and Foot in Zahedan: The Right Hands and Left Feet of 5 Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Moharebeh and Efsad
January 6, 2008
Amputation of hand in Shiraz: A man's hand amputated for alleged armed robbery
Khabare Jonub reporter
November 1, 2007
Hand Amputation in Mashhad: Four individuals were hand amputated for alleged robbery
September 12, 2007
Hand Amputation in Fars: The Hand of a Man Was Amputated for Alleged Armed Robbery
August 22, 2007
Public Amputation in Kermanshah: Arash's hand was amputated for alleged robbery
Qods newspaper reporter
May 15, 2007
Hand Amputation in Kermanshah: Four fingers of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
February 26, 2007
Amputation of fingers in Ahvaz: Mohammad Hossein J. amputated for robbery
Police Information Website/English Translation by ABF
November 28, 2006
Amputation of the hand and leg in Ahvaz: Two people amputated for robbery
November 8, 2006
Amputation of hand and foot in Ahvaz: the left foot and right hand of a man were amputated for alleged armed robbery
November 28, 2005
Hand Amputation in Tehran: Four fingers of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
September 6, 2005
Hand Amputation and Flogging in public in Ramhormoz: In addition to receiving 50 lashes, four fingers of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
October 2, 2003
Public Hand Amputation in Dezful: The Right Hand and the Left Foot of a Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
July 5, 2003
Amputation of Hand and Foot in Ahvaz: A Foot and a Hand of an Individual Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
May 7, 2003
Hand Amputation in Ardestan: Hands of Three Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
March 10, 2003
Hand Amputation in Toyserkan: Four Fingers of an Individual Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
January 19, 2003
Hand Amputation in Tehran: Fingers of Two Men Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
January 15, 2003
Hand Amputation in Kerman: Fingers of Two Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
January 1, 2003
Finger Amputation in Hamadan: Fingers of Two Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
October 19, 2002
Amputation in Shiraz: The right hands of two individuals were amputated for alleged robbery. Their left feet will also be amputated.
May 7, 2002
Hand Amputation in Rafsanjan: The Hand of a Man Was Amputated for Alleged Robbery
February 19, 2002
Public Finger Amputation in Kelardasht: Four fingers of a man’s right hand were amputated for alleged robbery
February 10, 2002
Hand Amputation in Kazerun: A Hand of an Individual Was Amputated for Alleged Robbery
June 27, 2001
Hand Amputation in Darab: A Hand of an Individual Was Amputated for Alleged Robbery
June 27, 2001
Hand Amputation in Mashhad: Hands of twenty individuals were amputated for alleged robbery
March 8, 2001
Hand Amputation in Qom: Fingers of a Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
January 4, 2001
Hand Amputation in Shahreza: Fingers of an Individual Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
December 20, 2000
Hand Amputation in Mahalat: Four Fingers of A Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
August 1, 2000
Hand amputation in Mashhad: Four fingers of the right hand of seven individuals were amputated for alleged robbery
January 22, 2000
Amputation of Hand in Tabriz: Four fingers of the right hands of three individuals were amputated for alleged robbery
June 19, 1999
Amputation of Hand in Bandar Abbas: An Afghan’s hand was amputated for alleged robbery and rape
February 2, 1997
Hand Amputation in Tehran: Fingers of six individuals were amputated for alleged robbery
August 6, 1996
Hand Amputation in Arak: Fingers of a Man’s Hand Were Amputated for Alleged Robberies
October 14, 1995
Hand Amputation in Qom: Fingers of Two Individuals Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
March 14, 1994
Amputation of hand in Sanandaj: A hand of an individual was amputated for alleged robbery
February 27, 1993
Amputation of fingers in Sari: Four fingers of five people were amputated for alleged robbery
November 15, 1992
Hand Amputation in Semnan: Fingers of the right hands of two individuals were amputated for alleged robbery
August 1, 1991
Hand Amputation in Borazjan: Four Fingers of the Right Hand of a Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
April 30, 1991
Hand Amputation in Bakhtaran: Four fingers of the right hands of two men were amputated for alleged robbery
September 22, 1990
Hand Amputation in Tehran: Hands of three men were amputated for alleged robbery
September 6, 1990
Hand Amputation in Ahvaz: Fingers of the right hands of three individuals were amputated for alleged robbery
May 8, 1990
Hand Amputation in Tehran: Hands of two men were amputated for alleged robbery
March 7, 1990
Hand Amputation in Tehran: A Man’s Right Forearm Was Amputated for Allegedly Amputating Another Person’s Forearm
March 6, 1990
Hand Amputation in Tehran: Four fingers of the right hand of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
February 27, 1990
Amputation of fingers in Bakhtaran: Four fingers of two people amputated for robbery convictions
January 20, 1990
Hand amputation in Ahvaz: Four individuals were hand amputated for unannounced charges
October 24, 1989
Public Amputation of fingers in Ahvaz: Four fingers of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
January 26, 1989
Hand Amputation in Dorud: Two men were hand amputated for alleged armed robbery
January 24, 1989
Amputation of Hand in Ahvaz: Four fingers of the right hand of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
October 13, 1988
Hand amputation in Mashhad: A man’s fingers were amputated for alleged robbery
October 4, 1988
Hand Amputation in Esfahan: A man was hand amputated for alleged robbery
September 11, 1988
Hand Amputation in Zahedan: A man’s hand was amputated for alleged robbery
May 25, 1988
Hand Amputation in Esfahan: Four fingers of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
April 18, 1988
Hand Amputation in Tehran: A Hand of an Individual Was Amputated for Alleged Robbery
March 31, 1988
Hand Amputation in Tehran: Four fingers of the right hand of Yar Hassan Rahmati were amputated for alleged robbery
May 24, 1984
Hand Amputation in Behshahr: Four Fingers of Man Were Amputated for Alleged Robbery
June 2, 1981
Hand Amputation in Shiraz: Twelve fingers of three individuals were amputated for alleged robbery
May 27, 1981
Hand Amputation in Kerman: Four fingers of the right hand of a man were amputated for alleged robbery
April 28, 1981