Iran: Officials responsible for finger-amputations must face accountability for torture

Iran: Officials responsible for finger-amputations must face accountability for torture

Responding to the Iranian authorities’ use of a guillotine machine to amputate the fingers of three men in Urumieh Central Prison on 30 July as corporal punishment imposed after a grossly unfair, torture-tainted trial, Hussein Baoumi, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said:   “The amputations carried out on Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian and Mehdi Shahivand are a stark reminder of Iran’s proli…

Iran Regime's Use of Finger Amputation as Punishment Condemned as Torture and Grave Human Rights Violation - Iran News Update

Three Men Mutilated in Urmia Prison Amid Growing International Outcry Over Iran’s Corporal Punishment Practices On the night of July 30, 2025, the Iranian regime carried out the amputation of four fingers on the right hands of three prisoners—Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian, and Mehdi Shahivand—using a guillotine device at Urmia Central Prison. This act, witnessed by senior prison officials including prison head Peyman Khanzadeh and the deputy pro…