Acid blinding sentence postponed by Iran after international outcry

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Eye-for-an-eye punishment of Majid Movahedi put on hold despite calls by his disfigured victim, Ameneh Bahrami, for retribution


[size=10]Ameneh Bahrami holds a photo showing herself before she was blinded with acid by Majid Movahedi. Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images[/size]

Iran has postponed blinding a man with acid following an international outcry over the retributive punishment imposed after he was found guilty of doing the same to a woman who refused to marry him.

In a literal application of the sharia law of an eye for an eye, Majid Movahedi was scheduled to be rendered unconscious in Tehran's judiciary hospital today while his victim, Ameneh Bahrami, dropped acid in both his eyes.

But Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported that officials had postponed the sentence on Friday night and not indicated when the punishment might be carried out in future.

Bahrami, who had asked for an eye-for-an-eye retribution in a criminal court in Tehran, was not informed of the postponement.

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lollywood — Thu, 19 May 2011 - 19:08

[quote=Lilly]SI said:

Forgiveness will never bring the persons eye sight back,

and revenge will?

and the person will be punish.[/quote]

Revenge will not bring the persons eye sight back but it will equal the damage caused in the first place

LookingToSee — Thu, 19 May 2011 - 23:06

If you are going to be the better person and forgive then that person will think I got away with it this time so I will do this kind of thing again and again and in the end get away with it

you're annoying. as i said. he will be punished my God.

and @You: it is a way of getting closer to God. the patience and effort in bettering yourself will in the long run help become a better muslim.