The inhumane sentence of amputating four fingers from the right hand of a prisoner named Mohsen Ashiri was carried out in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd Prison), despite the plaintiff’s consent to drop the charges.
The sentence of amputating four fingers of Mohsen Ashiri, a 37-year-old prisoner from Zazaran and resident of Isfahan, was carried out on Tuesday, September 30, at Dastgerd Prison.
Mohsen Ashiri was arrested six years ago on charges of theft. The Isfahan Criminal Court sentenced him to six months in prison and the amputation of four fingers from his right hand.
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After serving his prison term, Mohsen was released from prison with the complainant’s consent and by posting bail of 1 billion tomans (approximately 10 billion rials or 10,000 dollars).
However, in September, the court summoned him again and announced that he must increase his bail to 200 billion tomans.
The clerical judiciary declared that otherwise, the sentence of finger amputation would be carried out.
Due to his inability to provide the 200 billion toman bail, Mohsen Ashiri was re-arrested and transferred to Dastgerd Prison.
Less than a month later, the inhumane sentence of amputating his fingers was carried out.
Amputation of Mohsen Ashiri’s Fingers Despite Plaintiff’s Consent
It is worth noting that such inhumane punishments, like amputating the fingers of theft convicts, are carried out under Iran’s regime while reports of massive corruption and embezzlement by regime insiders constantly appear in state-run newspapers and news outlets.
The goal is to intimidate society and suppress any awakened human conscience.
Previously, on June 10, the fingers of two other prisoners were also amputated in Isfahan Prison by order of the regime’s judiciary.
Amnesty International reacted to this inhumane act, warning that such punishments constitute clear examples of “state torture” and “gross violations of human dignity.”
