"The FCO calls on the Iranian authorities to commute this inhumane punishment to an appropriate sentence in line with Iran's international obligations and to cease the practice of corporal punishment for crimes." "However, we are deeply concerned by reports that Majid Movahedi's sentence of being blinded by having acid dripped into his eyes may be carried out. "The attack on Ameneh Bahrami in 2004 was a horrific crime," a spokesman said. The British Foreign Office urged Iran to halt the sentence. But human rights activists have warned against an "inhumane" sentence. Iranian officials have endorsed the the sentence in the hope of halting an increase in the rate of acid attacks. Bahrami refused to accept the "blood money" and told the court: "Inflict the same life on him that he inflicted on me." He was also required to pay compensation to the victim. In a highly publicised dossier in November 2008, a criminal court in Tehran ordered qisas (retribution) on Movahedi after he admitted throwing acid at Bahrami, and entitled her to blind him with acid. He looked into my eyes for a second and threw the contents of the red container into my face," she told the court in 2008.Īccording to Iranian media, Bahrami's lawyer, Ali Sarafi, has said: "A very good sentence has been given and an appropriate method has been adopted so that the convict will be blinded by few drops of acids in eyes after he is rendered unconscious." "He was holding a red container in his hand. Bahrami who had asked for an eye for an eye retribution in the court, was disfigured and blinded by Movahedi in 2004 when he threw a jar of acid in her face while she was returning home from work.
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