Shahab Teymouri Archives - KHRN

October 29, 2024

Iran cuts off fingers of two brothers convicted of theft in Orumiyeh

Iran today executed amputation sentences on two prisoners, Shahab and Mehrdad Teymouri, cutting off four fingers of each brother’s right hand using a guillotine device at Orumiyeh Central Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The executions come after KHRN raised concerns about the likelihood of these sentences being carried out in a recent report, highlighting that Orumiyeh's forensic team had visited the...

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October 25, 2024

Brothers sentenced to amputation moved to solitary, raising fears of sentence execution

Iranian authorities have transferred two imprisoned brothers, Shahab and Mehrdad Teymouri, who have been sentenced to finger amputation, from Eslamabad-e Gharb Prison in Kermanshah Province to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, raising fears of imminent execution of their sentences. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Shahab, 39, and Mehrdad, 34, were previously transferred to Eslamabad-e Gharb in...

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