Iranian authorities have amputated the fingers of two men convicted of theft, human rights groups have said. The brothers of Kurdish origin were subjected to the rare punishment under the Islamic republic's strict penal code, which is based on an interpretation of sharia law . They had four fingers on their right hands amputated by a guillotine machine on Tuesday at the prison in the city of Urmia, a report said. Both of them were then taken to hospital. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (

Tag-uri: Islam