Cuffed prisoner hung from ceiling loses hands

An Iranian prison governor has been sacked after an inmate lost his hands after being suspended from a ceiling in handcuffs.

The 21-year-old man, identified only by the first name Afshin, was handcuffed to the ceiling last month as punishment for starting a fight with another inmate at the prison in Dezful, 375 miles south-west of Tehran, said Sharq newspaper.