28 January 2013

Iran unveils new finger-amputating machine ahead of announcement of increasingly severe punishment of thieves

Iran has unveiled a brand new finger-amputating machine that it will use in its increasingly strict punishment of thieves.

Photographs published by Iran’s official press agency show a blindfolded man having his fingers severed by what appears to be a crude amputation device.

According to the Insa news service, the man had been convicted of theft and adultery in a court in Shiraz the previous week. [independent.co.uk] Read more