(TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)Iran has reportedly sentenced three teenagers to have their fingers amputated for stealing, a brutal punishment still on the books under the country's Islamic penal code.According to the London-based Iran International, the three minors -- Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian and Mehdi Shahivand -- lost their appeals in the Iranian Supreme Court this week and were subsequently ordered to have four fingers severed from their right hands.
The boys were initially tried last November on charges of four counts of robbery in the northern city of Urmia and have remained behind bars ever since.It is unclear when the judicial measure will be carried out, and authorities have not issued any further details about the extent.