NCRI – According to the reports, a 70-year-old prisoner of Ghezelhesar Prison (Western Tehran) named Yousef Parvaneh was transferred to urmia in Norht Western province of Azarbayjan for the execution of finger amputation sentence. He was charged with theft.An informed source told a Persian news agency:”the case of finger amputation is related to a theft charge in 2008 in which Yosef Parvaneh was released on bail in 2010 but he was then arrested and transferred to Ghezelhesar Prison in 2011 due to another crime. He has been transferred to Urmia for a month and he was given the sentence of finger mutilation in the branch 1 law enforcement court.”
The source also said that the sentence was issued in absentia and Yusef Parvaneh has “appealed” the court ruling, but since one of the complainants is the brother of one of the city’s influential military officials, the sentence is likely to be confirmed.