A Eye For A Eye

[cyber-sibes]

Sounds like justice being served to me.

[Catty1]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/09030..._court_women_1



Iranian Ameneh Bahrami poses in Barcelona holding a photograph of herself before she was blinded by a man who threw acid in her face. An Iranian woman living in Spain who was disfigured and blinded by a man in Iran said Thursday she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-eye justice against her assailant.
Photo:Lluis Gene/AFP

Thu Mar 5, 4:14 PM

MADRID (AFP) - An Iranian woman living in Spain who was disfigured and blinded by a man in Iran said Thursday she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-eye justice against her assailant.

"The person who did this deserves to go through the same suffering. Only this way will he understand my pain," Ameneh Bahrami told daily newspaper ABC.

"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," the 30-year-old added.

In November an Iranian court ruled that the man -- identified only as Majid -- who admitted blinding Bahrami in 2004 by throwing acid in her face because she rejected his marriage request should also be blinded with acid based on the Islamic law system of "eye-for-an-eye" retribution.

Iran's supreme court confirmed the sentence at the beginning of February.

Bahrami, who moved to Barcelona after the attack to get medical treatment, said the court had originally ruled that she was entitled to have the man blinded in only one eye in Iran because "each man is worth two women".

"But I explained to the judge that with one eye one can still live," she told top-selling newspaper El Pais in another interview.

The court then ruled that the man would be blinded in both eyes if in exchange Bahrami agreed to give up the 20,000 euros (25,000 dollars) which she was set to receive from her assailant's family.

"He will be anesthetized and will not suffer pain. His face will not be disfigured because only a few drops (of acid) will be needed, he will not have the internal injuries which I had," she told ABC when asked if she felt she was less cruel than her aggressor.

"He did not have any compassion when he waited for me for hours outside of my workplace and threw the acid on me," she added.

Bahrami recovered 40 percent vision in her right eye but in 2007 she suffered an infection and became totally blind again.

She says she survives on a rent subsidy of 400 euros per month which she receives from the Spanish government and charity from friends.

[pomtzu]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/09030..._court_women_1



Iranian Ameneh Bahrami poses in Barcelona holding a photograph of herself before she was blinded by a man who threw acid in her face. An Iranian woman living in Spain who was disfigured and blinded by a man in Iran said Thursday she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-eye justice against her assailant.
Photo:Lluis Gene/AFP

Thu Mar 5, 4:14 PM



MADRID (AFP) - An Iranian woman living in Spain who was disfigured and blinded by a man in Iran said Thursday she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-eye justice against her assailant.

"The person who did this deserves to go through the same suffering. Only this way will he understand my pain," Ameneh Bahrami told daily newspaper ABC.

"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," the 30-year-old added.

In November an Iranian court ruled that the man -- identified only as Majid -- who admitted blinding Bahrami in 2004 by throwing acid in her face because she rejected his marriage request should also be blinded with acid based on the Islamic law system of "eye-for-an-eye" retribution.

Iran's supreme court confirmed the sentence at the beginning of February.

Bahrami, who moved to Barcelona after the attack to get medical treatment, said the court had originally ruled that she was entitled to have the man blinded in only one eye in Iran because "each man is worth two women".

"But I explained to the judge that with one eye one can still live," she told top-selling newspaper El Pais in another interview.

The court then ruled that the man would be blinded in both eyes if in exchange Bahrami agreed to give up the 20,000 euros (25,000 dollars) which she was set to receive from her assailant's family.

"He will be anesthetized and will not suffer pain. His face will not be disfigured because only a few drops (of acid) will be needed, he will not have the internal injuries which I had," she told ABC when asked if she felt she was less cruel than her aggressor.

"He did not have any compassion when he waited for me for hours outside of my workplace and threw the acid on me," she added.

Bahrami recovered 40 percent vision in her right eye but in 2007 she suffered an infection and became totally blind again.

She says she survives on a rent subsidy of 400 euros per month which she receives from the Spanish government and charity from friends.

I know this is a legit story, but I question the photograph. The shot of the disfigured woman shows her with a blue eye, however the photo she is holding of "herself" clearly shows brown eyes. Just wondering.....

[caseysmom]

She suffered an infection in that eye and is totally blind. I truly believe that picture is legit.

[pomtzu]

She suffered an infection in that eye and is totally blind. I truly believe that picture is legit.

Well I hope someone wouldn't post a "doctored" photo just for the shock value. But other things don't look right to me either. The lips look to be in good condition compared to the rest of the face, and the hands and neck (too thick) don't look to be that of a woman. Maybe I'm just getting cynical in my old age, but I've learned to not necessarily believe everything I see.

It's still a tragic story no matter what the picture shows.

[lizbud]

Well I hope someone wouldn't post a "doctored" photo just for the shock value. But other things don't look right to me either. The lips look to be in good condition compared to the rest of the face, and the hands and neck (too thick) don't look to be that of a woman. Maybe I'm just getting cynical in my old age, but I've learned to not necessarily believe everything I see.

It's still a tragic story no matter what the picture shows.

It is a prosthetic eye.

[Catty1]

And she has had several surgeries on her face. I would expect the mouth to be one of the first - as she has to eat.