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IRAN: AMPUTATION AND FLOGGING CARRIED OUT
November 13, 2012: Amputation verdicts of two prisoners convicted of theft were carried out publicly in the city of Yazd, Judiciary in the Yazd Province (Central Iran) announced.
According to the report four fingers of one hand of the prisoners were amputated.
The state run Iranian news agency ISNA reported that the flogging verdict of a man identified as "Mehdi B." was carried out publicly on November 12.
According to this report Mehdi was sentenced to 70 lashes in public, convicted of "disturbing the women and girls". (Sources: Iran Human Rights, 17/11/2012)
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