Condemned to lose his sight, he waits for the enforcement of the sentence
Iran has rejected the enforcement of a sentence imposed in 2008 on the basis of the law of retaliation against a man convicted of throwing acid in the face of a woman who refused to marry him , reported Saturday the news agency Fars.
Mohavedi Majid was sentenced to lose his sight after being blinded himself in 2004 the woman he wanted to marry but who rejected him - Ameneh Bahrami, a graduate in electronics for 24 years.
Under Islamic law, imposed after the 1979 revolution, the "qesas -" law of retaliation "- is allowed in case of injury. Majid would have had to endure his punishment on Saturday in a hospital but the application of the sentencing was postponed, the Fars news agency said without giving further details.
