Seven men sentenced to amputation and whipping in Iran
Aug 14, 2019
Amputation Iran The regime in Iran has sentenced seven men accused of theft, whipping and amputation of the hand and fingers.
According to the official Khorassan daily, the 8th chamber of the Tehran Criminal Court sentenced the "brigands" chief, named Ali, to have his hand amputated, while his accomplice, Shahine, was sentenced to the amputation of four fingers of the right hand.
The other five accomplices were sentenced to five years in prison and 74 lashes each. The amputation of the hand and the lashes for the five men were confirmed by the Supreme Court.
The official newspaper said the men belonged to a gang that burgled villas of wealthy Iranians in Tehran.
Although Iranian officials are involved in astronomical diversions of money and massive corruption, Iran continues to impose cruel sentences on small thieves.
The Attorney General recently criticized the "low number" of hand-amputation penalties imposed on Iran as a result of international condemnations and described this low number as "unfortunate".
Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri, the executioner in question, told Fars that it was necessary to amputate the hands of thieves, but that "unfortunately, not to be condemned for human rights issues by the United Nations, we have abandoned some of the divine laws.
"One of the mistakes we make is that we are afraid of human rights (propaganda) and that they accuse us of treating thieves with violence," he added in a meeting with police commanders. , January 16, 2019.
The highest judicial official criticized the low rate of amputation while acknowledging that the rise in the robbery was due to the disastrous economic situation in Iran. He said that "unemployment" and "closures of factories" were high.
According to a human rights group, 23 prisoners languish in the Greater Tehran Prison in Fashafoyeh, awaiting amputation of their hand.
Investigations show that prisoners are sentenced to amputation for minor offenses. Most of them stole goods worth between 5 and 10 million tomans (about 268 to 536 €).
The Abdurrahman Boroumand Foundation reported that between 2007 and 2017, the Iranian authorities had pronounced at least 215 amputations and 125 amputations, including at least six in public.
According to Amnesty International, the Iranian authorities have always defended amputation, which is the best way to deter theft, regretting that it can not be practiced in public and on a large scale without running the risk of international condemnation.
In a shocking statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council in October 2010, Mohammad Javad Larijani, chairman of the mullahs' Human Rights Council, denied that such sentences amounted to torture, saying that they were "culturally and religiously justified".
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