HRANA News Agency – The head of the Judiciary in Isfahan Province has confirmed that the amputation sentences for two individuals convicted of theft were carried out in Dastgerd Prison, Isfahan.
According to HRANA, citing ISNA, the punishments were enforced following the completion of all judicial procedures. The individuals were sentenced after their cases were reviewed by the prosecutor’s office, the preliminary court, and the provincial appeals court, with the verdicts ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court.
Asadollah Jafari, the head of the provincial judiciary, did not disclose the identities of the individuals but stated that they had been convicted of participating in both hudud (theft offenses defined under Islamic law) and ta’zir (discretionary punishments under civil law) thefts, as well as related offenses including property destruction and intentional bodily harm.
The implementation of amputation as a criminal punishment has been widely condemned by human rights organizations, as it violates the inherent principle of human dignity. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights explicitly prohibits cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishments.
