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10-12-2010, 03:07 PM
Iran cuts off hand of two-time thief
15 comments (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/12/20101012iran-orders-thief-hand-cut-off12-ON.html#comments)by Farshid Motahari - Oct. 12, 2010 08:55 AM
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
TEHRAN - An Iranian court ordered the hand of a convicted thief cut off and officials said this kind of punishment would continue, ISNA news agency reported Tuesday.
The hand of a two-time convicted thief was cut off in front of other prisoners in a jail in Mashad, in north-eastern Iran, the city's prosecutor-general was quoted as saying.
Mohammad Zoqi said that such amputations would be continued in the future to protect people's lives and property and serve as a lesson for other thieves.
According to sharia law, amputation is the punishment for those convicted of repeated robberies.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/12/20101012iran-orders-thief-hand-cut-off12-ON.html#ixzz12Amz6ndH
15 comments (http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/12/20101012iran-orders-thief-hand-cut-off12-ON.html#comments)by Farshid Motahari - Oct. 12, 2010 08:55 AM
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
TEHRAN - An Iranian court ordered the hand of a convicted thief cut off and officials said this kind of punishment would continue, ISNA news agency reported Tuesday.
The hand of a two-time convicted thief was cut off in front of other prisoners in a jail in Mashad, in north-eastern Iran, the city's prosecutor-general was quoted as saying.
Mohammad Zoqi said that such amputations would be continued in the future to protect people's lives and property and serve as a lesson for other thieves.
According to sharia law, amputation is the punishment for those convicted of repeated robberies.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/12/20101012iran-orders-thief-hand-cut-off12-ON.html#ixzz12Amz6ndH