Mehdi Sharafian Archives - KHRN

August 13, 2025

Prisoners denied medical care after finger amputations

Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand and Mehdi Sharafian, three prisoners who recently had their fingers amputated, remain without medical care, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On

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July 31, 2025

Iran amputates fingers of three prisoners in Orumiyeh

The Islamic Republic of Iran has amputated the fingers of three prisoners - Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian and Mehdi Shahivand - at Orumiyeh Central Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)

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June 9, 2025

Four prisoners at risk of imminent finger amputation in Orumiyeh, Tabriz

Four prisoners, Morteza Esmaeilian, Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand and Mehdi Sharafian, who were sentenced to the amputation of four fingers on their right hands, are at imminent risk of having their

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April 14, 2025

Three men at risk of amputation as guillotine transfer to Orumiyeh prison planned

Three prisoners are at imminent risk of having their four fingers amputated after the judicial authorities in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, announced that a guillotine would be transferred to

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March 13, 2025

Three prisoners given one month to avoid amputation sentence

Prisoners Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand, and Mehdi Sharafian, all sentenced to amputation, have been given one month to obtain the consent of the plaintiff in their case, or their sentences will be

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November 26, 2024

Prisoners plead for intervention as amputation sentences loom

Three prisoners in Orumiyeh Central Prison, Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand and Mehdi Sharafian, have written an open letter to human rights organisations warning of the imminent execution of their

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June 13, 2022

Concerns grow over risk of hand amputation for eight prisoners

In a joint report published on 10 June, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) emphasised the imminent risk of finger amputation

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June 10, 2022

Risk of Imminent Hand Amputation for Eight Convicted of Theft

Eight men convicted of theft and presently held at Greater Tehran Prison are at imminent risk of finger amputation, according to information received by Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights

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June 8, 2022

Tehran: Eight prisoners at risk of amputation of fingers

Some eight prisoners in the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary were summoned today in order to be transferred to another prison for the amputation of their fingers. These prisoners were

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