Eye for an eye: Victim Amenah Bahrami before and after the attack. Image: Sky newsAn Iranian court has ruled that a man who blinded a woman with acid after she spurned his marriage proposals is to receive the same fate, according to Iranian newspapers published yesterday.
27-year-old Majid Movahedi was also ordered to pay the victim, Amenah Bahrami, compensation for the attack which happened in 2004.
The ruling was made after Bahrami appealed to the court for retribution, which is legal under the system of Qisas, meaning equivalence.
Bahrami, who also said that Movadehi had threatened to kill her, went to Spain for reconstructive facial surgery. However, efforts to restore her sight failed.
She told the court: “Ever since I was subject to acid being thrown on my face I have a constant feeling of being in danger.”
Although Movadehi claims that he did not realise the acid would cause so much damage he also maintains that he has no regrets. He added: “I threw acid on her face so that she would be mine forever.”
Movadehi can appeal to overturn the verdict.
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