An Iranian man has had his fingers amputated as punishment despite his victim forgiving him.
Mohsen Ashiri, 37, had four of his fingers ripped from his hand on September 30, according to Norway-based human rights group Hengaw.
The group said that Ashiri, from central Iran, was initially sentenced to six months in prison, as well as the amputation of four of his fingers on his right hand, though this wasn’t yet administered.
He was released after serving his prison sentence and posting bail of around 10 billion rials (£180,000).
But Ashiri was later summoned by the Isfahan Criminal Court and ordered to pay a new bail of 200 trillion rials.
Failing to pay the ludicrous sum, authorities amputated the thief.
Iran is infamous for its arbitrary justice system that has trapped both citizens and foreigners alike.
Last month, it was revealed that a British woman being held in an Iranian jail cell on alleged espionage charges has been put on a drip as her family’s fears for her health grow ahead of a court hearing.
Mohsen Ashiri (pictured) had four of his fingers ripped from his hand on September 30
Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested in Kerman, southern Iran, on January 3 as they embarked on a motorcycle trip around the world to Australia.
The couple, from east Sussex, had intended to travel from Armenia to Pakistan via Iran when they were intercepted by authorities and later charged with espionage, allegations their family strongly denies.
They are due to appear in court in mystery proceedings about which relatives have been told next to no details, as the couple suffer from ‘worse than poor’ jail conditions which are having a ‘harrowing’ impact on their health.
Separated from her husband, Ms Foreman is being kept in Qarchak women’s prison near the Iranian capital Tehran, a hellhole jail criticised for its dire conditions by human rights groups.
Her son Joe Bennett, from Folkestone, Kent, said she has recently been put on a drip in her cell, which she shares with 70 other women, but the reason for this is not known.
He has described how the prison is unbearably hot and has frequent power outages and poor food, with his mother given only a metal bunk with no mattress to sleep on.
Meanwhile Mr Foreman was transferred from Fashafouyeh prison to the notorioous Evin jail, where British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained for almost six years.
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