Iranian Justice: Her name is Ameneh Bahrami and she wants an eye for an eye. Will it happen?

C'mon kids....what do you think?

The guy permanently blinded and disfigured her.

After 4 years he still shows no remorse.

It COULD be a deterrent to the next acid tosser...perhaps.

I am thinking real hard on what road I'd travel if I were this woman.....

While she has the right, Islamic law also very strongly says that is better to show mercy if the attacker asks for mercy.

Brutal, but fair.

@saad, I do like the concept of mercy and forgiveness, but it would appear in this case that if the woman takes the money, the man who did this to her gets to walk away a free man, yes?

I think she is worried that someone this disturbed would fixate on another woman and if money is the only punishment for a crime of this nature he COULD well do it again. And it also sets a nice precedent for other women to request punishments against their attackers.

I could see me WANTING to make the same choice she has, I'm just not sure I can see me actually sticking with it. Once it's done there's no going back.

Mercy and forgiveness has to go along with the feeling of regretfullness and remorse. If there is no feeling of remorse then there can be no mercy and forgiveness. I see no other option but to agree with kennyk in the final analysis, "Brutal but fair."

Ugh! Barbaric.

horses for courses...this kind of acid attack is not uncommon in the middle east and places like afghanistan - this biggest plus in allowing this form of justice is badly needed deterrence - im in favour of not only going ahead with it - but shouting it from the rooftops so that other men out there get the message that punishment wont just be a prison stay or a fine - its blindness...

The original crime is horrific and it's a natural immediate reaction to call for revenge. But it is even more horrific to consider the state carrying out the same act in cold blood in the name of its citizens.
The crime should be punished of course. I don't know the Iranian system but it seemed from the article that a rich person would be able to carry out any crime and then buy their way out of any punishment. If that is the case then I can only say that I prefer a society where the principle is that we are all equal before the law.
So the punishment should be prison. I myself wouldn't dismiss a long term in an Iranian jail as "just a prison stay".
In England, since 1689 we have outlawed the use of 'cruel and unusual punishment'.

MADRID (AP)
'...Bahrami, who moved to Spain after the attack to get medical treatment, said Wednesday that under Iranian law, she is entitled to blind him in only one eye, unless she pays euro20,000 ($25,110), because in Iran women are not considered equal to men.
"They have told us that my two eyes are equal to one of his because in my country each man is worth two women. They are not the same," she told Cadena SER.
Bahrami explained that she was now waiting for a letter from the court to go back to Iran for the punishment to be carried out...
The woman said Majid would be blinded by having several drops of acid put into one eye, whereas she had acid splashed all over her face and other parts of her body.'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDTsh1Z49Y4lmaaiCP9FY66DMk0gD96NB6EG0

This whole story disturbs the H out of me.

It really IS disturbing. While I'm horrified the government is willing to do this....I am pissed with them only doing it to one eye, for the reason given.

That's just plain wrong. He gets to keep one eye because he's a MAN?

Sure, the permissive culture (as opposed to law)of acid attacks comes about precisely because men are seen as superior and woman are seen as property; property to be ruined if it is not cooperative.

I'm generally not a huge fan of 'message sending' by governments/judiciary - it tends to be ineffective because it does not address root causes - but the eye for an eye punishment in this case exists in a scenario where root causes are linked to overriding state indifference to the abovementioned permissive culture. So blind the twat.

"Majid Emovahedi will be held down by prison officials and under anaesthetic at the time. He won’t feel anything as Ameneh pours the acid on his face. A doctor will be wearing gloves to hold Majid’s eyes open so she can squeeze the acid in." http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2009/03/26/acid-attack-revenge-eye-for-an-eye/iran-court-allows-victim-to-blind-culprit.html

He's lucky if he only loses his eye(s); he ruined pretty much all of her face...

Why should he get anaesthetic? Surely an "eye for an eye" means equal punishment... Personally I think he should get that and then some.

Someone remind me, why haven't we nuked this place ??

The woman and children, and guys, who arent rapists, or nutters.

Can anyone find any news that's more recent than April 2009 on this besides blogs?