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Three teenagers sentenced to have 'four fingers amputated for theft' in Iran

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Three teenage boys accused of stealing in Iran will have their fingers amputated, it has been reported. The teens - identified by Iran International TV as Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian and Mehdi Shahivand - were reportedly ordered to have four fingers on their right hands severed.

Under Sharia law, amputation, whipping, and even death by stoning are all legal forms of punishment. The boys were originally tried on November 2 last year on four counts of robbery at a court in the city of Urmia, in northern Iran close to the border with Turkey, according to Iran International.

They have remained behind bars ever since and are still being held there. Despite attempts to appeal the decision, Supreme Court judges this week upheld the verdict.

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