Iranian Robber's Foot Amputated

Agence France Presse:

An Iranian convicted of armed robbery has had his left foot amputated in a prison in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, the ISNA news agency reported. The man, identified only as Adel A., had been sentenced by a Revolutionary Court to have his right hand and left foot amputated in public.

However only his left foot was cut off on Sunday inside a prison.

Amputations are rare in Iran and usually only handed out to repeat offenders.

The last reported case was in October 2004, when a man convicted of a series of robberies had four fingers on his right hand amputated in public.