Cutting hands and limbs of
defendants are still a common punishment in Iran
The medieval punishment of cutting
hands and limbs of defendants are still a common means in Iran run by the
clerical regime. This practice which has been condemned by all international
rules and regulations is most of the times done in public and in front of eyes
of innocent bystanders including children and women.
Recently in the city of Mashhad, north-east Iran the fingers of a defendant in
his 30s was amputated, the latest in a line of draconian punishments handed
down and carried out in recent weeks.
