eye for an eye

[DanDesade]

The Guardian - ‎May 13, 2011‎



In a literal application of the sharia law of an eye for an eye, Iran is ready for the first time to blind a man with acid, after he was found guilty of doing the same to a woman who refused to marry him.

Majid Movahedi, 30, is scheduled to be rendered unconscious in Tehran's judiciary hospital at noon on Saturday while Ameneh Bahrami, his victim, drops acid in both his eyes, her lawyer said.

Bahrami who had asked for an eye for an eye retribution in the court, was disfigured and blinded by Movahedi in 2004 when he threw a jar of acid in her face while she was returning home from work. "He was holding a red container in his hand. He looked into my eyes for a second and threw the contents of the red container into my face," she told the court in 2008.

According to Iranian media, Bahrami's lawyer, Ali Sarafi, has said: "A very good sentence has been given and an appropriate method has been adopted so that the convict will be blinded by few drops of acids in eyes after he is rendered unconscious."

In a highly publicised dossier in November 2008, a criminal court in Tehran ordered qisas (retribution) on Movahedi after he admitted throwing acid at Bahrami, and entitled her to blind him with acid. He was also required to pay compensation to the victim. Bahrami refused to accept the "blood money" and told the court: "Inflict the same life on him that he inflicted on me."

Iranian officials have endorsed the the sentence in the hope of halting an increase in the rate of acid attacks. But human rights activists have warned against an "inhumane" sentence.

Iranian media have reported that Movahedi will be blinded in both eyes but Bahrami, in an interview in 2009, said that the man would be blinded only in one eye because "each man is worth two women" under Iranian law.
"The person who did this deserves to go through the same suffering. Only this way will he understand my pain … my intention is to ask for the application of the law not just for revenge but also so that no other woman will have to go through this. It is to set an example," Bahrami was quoted by the Spanish newspaper ABC as saying.

Bahrami, who has an electronics degree and worked in a medical engineering company before the attack, moved to Spain with the help of the Iranian government where she has undergone a series of unsuccessful operations. She briefly recovered half vision in her right eye in 2007 but an infection blinded her again.

In recent months, human rights organisations have expressed alarm over the unprecedented increase of capital punishment in Iran, which last year executed more people than any other country apart from China.

[Makaveli]

Works for me.

[TheManWithoutAPlan]

Punishment Postponed.
^
This

[mojo882]

sounds good. Can't go round throwing acid in peoples faces :/

[Megamind]

Crazy country is crazy...

[Commander Power]

Why is it so easy for people to get hold of powerful acid?

[Zyvexal]

An eye for an eye law doesn't work in some cases, but it works here.

[Commander Power]

TBH, I think she should be allowed to do it. Look at the before and after photos, that man ruined her life. She'll never be able to see the world again. Think about that.

[tom the pit leader]

Wow, Iran going to bat for not only the little guy, but a woman? There's hope for them yet.

This is exactly what laws like that exist for, and I hope he gets what he deserves.

[Scribbles the Great]

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

Can't say I disagree with that statement, but the government always has to make sure that they get the right person.