Kurdistan Human Rights Network

After Iran amputated the four fingers of brothers Shahab and Mehrdad Teymouri in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 29 October, concern has grown that the amputation sentences of prisoners Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharifian, Mehdi Shahivand, Kasra Karami and Morteza Esmaeilian are in imminent danger of being carried out. The Teymouri brothers were returned to Orumiyeh Central Prison after being hospitalised for several hours and without completing...

Senior Iranian judiciary officials have threatened to execute the amputation sentences of four prisoners at Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. During a recent visit, Nasser Atbati, the Director General of the Judiciary of West Azerbaijan Province, and Majidi, the Prosecutor of Orumiyeh, met with the prisoners Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand, Mehdi Sharifian, and Kasra Karami,...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the amputation sentence of four fingers of the right hand" of three prisoners accused of robbery at Orumiyeh Central Prison, -Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian and Mehdi Shahivand- was approved by the Supreme Court and sent to the Orumiyeh Enforcement Office to be executed. According to the indictments filed by Branch 13 of the Supreme Court, headed...