Iran To Blind Man With Acid

Iranian authorities are planning on blinding a man with acid because he threw acid in a woman's face because she wouldn't marry him. The TYT Supreme court passes judgement on this eye for an eye case.

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An Iranian woman who was blinded when a man threw acid in her face may finally get revenge by pouring acid into her attacker's eyes.

The literal use of Sharia law of an "eye for eye" was granted to victim Ameneh Bahrami, 30, after Majid Movahedi, 27, was convicted of the horrific 2004 attack.

Movahedi threw a bucket of chemicals on Bahrami's face after the electronics graduate rejected several of his marriage proposals. She has undergone 17 surgeries, but has lost all of her eyesight and is badly scarred.

Mavahedi was scheduled to be rendered unconscious at a judiciary hospital in Tehran on Saturday while Bahrami - who asked for the punishment - placed five drops of acid into each of his eyes.

But after several groups, including Amnesty International expressed outrage over the cruel sentence, authorities decided to postpone the procedure on Saturday. It's not clear when, or if it will still happen.

"Regardless of how horrific the crime suffered by Ameneh Bahrami, being blinded with acid is a cruel and inhuman punishment amounting to torture, and the Iranian authorities have a responsibility under international law to ensure it does not go ahead," Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Program said.

The two first met in 2002 when they were both students at the same school.

Bahrami told CNN that Movahedi continually threatened to murder her if she refused to marry him.

"He told me he would kill me. He said, 'You have to say yes.''

One afternoon Movahedi followed her to the bus stop. When she turned around, something was thrown on her and she felt her body was on fire.

"I was just yelling, 'I'm burning! I'm burning!"

Under Iranian Islamic law, such retribution is allowed in cases of bodily harm.

Bahrami was eventually awarded $30,000, but she told the court she didn't want his "blood money."

"Inflict the same life on him that he inflicted on me," she said.



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[burpbell]

This woman had her life pretty much taken from her. I doubt she'll be able to marry, she's lost her vision and she faces financial difficulties from the medical costs. This is something she has to live with for the rest of her life. I don't think those privileged enough to still have a face can deny her retribution just because it doesn't sit right with ''them''? That man is barbaric, and deserves "barbaric punishment." If she wants "an eye for an eye" then it's her decision.

[hangar187]

got what he deserved. this is a huge step for justice for women in the middle east. the us should do this sort of thing to sex offenders. hats off to iran for being progressive!!

[01000001011100100111]

@hangar187 Progressive? It's insanely backward of them. We don't do that to people, because we're better than they are. You regress to that level is shameful.

[SultanChase]

Being sexually tortured in a U.S. prison every day for years is much more cruel and unusual that blinding a man with acid.

[Trips1103]

We can't advocate torture in any way. What happened to this woman is vile. I don't blame her for how she feels at all. However this borders on torture - if done by the authorities, and vigilante justice - if done by the woman or those who love her. There IS no resolution when something like this happens. Iran needs to visit why this issue happens as often as it does in the first place. Start there to rectify it. Don't give it acknowledgement by repeating the crime.

[mintyvision]

this is unbelievably wrong. a state sanctioned blinding of a citizen with fucking acid? i cannot believe anyone here is agreeing with such horror. clearly the man is sick in the head. he's not right and what he has done is evil, but to have acid poured in his eyes? imagine if you lived in a country where the government could pour acid in your eyes. youre supporting sharia law and an unthinkably evil act by an evil regime. that makes you all dicks opposed to modern western civilisation.

[icarus313]

Justice isn't about revenge. Revenge is a barbaric instinct that doesn't actually solve anything. It reduces our morality to a petty system of "I suffered -20 points, therefor you must suffer the same thing to make me feel better". Where is the justice there? All you've done is create another person with burnt eyes. Burning his eyes doesn't stop him from hurting others again. Putting him in prison would. Putting him through some kind of rehabilitation might also help to address his inhumanity.

[GodlessReason]

If we had referendums in justice, we'd soon have gallows on all marketplaces again.

It just shows, that the human being itself has something barbaric in it.

[Theobrothers]

@darkblood626

He should have been executed.

No use in wasting your time on a person with that kind of programming.

[darkblood626]

She actually forgave him as soon as he was given the anasthetic and stopped him from being blinded.

[QBpcguy]

Karma.

[bsaddam1]

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