Ameneh Bahrami

An Eye for an Eye

Al Jazeera: Ameneh Bahrami was once an independent Iranian woman living in Tehran. In November 2004, her life changed forever when a rejected suitor threw acid into her face, scarring her and blinding her in both eyes. For four years Ameneh fought hard for the right to have her attacker tried under Islamic law which allows for victims' retribution. A rare look at contemporary life and law in Iran.

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04-Mar-2010
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Anonymouse

She is using the same law that says honor killing is kosher.

by Anonymouse on Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:10 PM PST

Everything is sacred.


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Azarin Sadegh

I guess..

by Azarin Sadegh on Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:00 PM PST

What has happened to this woman is terrible, still it doesn't justify her bizarre sense of "justice".

In her world, then we should steal from the thief, cheat on the cheater, or if someone has raped and killed our daughter, we should go after his daughter to rape and kill her too...What kind of "Justice" is this? It is just nonsense...The acid should have penetrated the poor woman's brain cells...


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tabar

lol this is great

by tabar on Thu Mar 04, 2010 09:52 PM PST

this just goes to show what hypocrites most Iranians are,

you talk about installing and supporting human rights for all, yet you support someone having acid splashed on their face. hahaha good going there guys

at least be honest and say "no, I don't support human rights". there's no compromise or in between, either you do or you don't, and if you think this person or anyone for that matter deserved that punishment, then you're against human rights and that's that.


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Golinedairani

not new

by Golinedairani on Thu Mar 04, 2010 09:48 PM PST

"چون ايران نباشد تن من مباد"  Einjury chiza tuye Iran kam neest... atrafe shahr bishtar dide mishe.. aslan mohd shode bud pesara be dokhtara migoftan acid mipashim be suratet... Mage zamane Shah be surate dariush ye khanumi acid pashide bud?

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Kooshan

Justice: an ignored and abused attribute of human society

by Kooshan on Thu Mar 04, 2010 09:47 PM PST

For some reason, we feel more sympathetic with the criminal than the victim. I have never figured this out WHY? Maybe someone can help me with reasonable answer.

Perhaps the reason is that we think forgiving is a higher virtue than "eye for an eye" approach. 

Well, I think this is a personal choice that has to be left to the victim and society should not decide for the victim except for upholding justice.If we can preventthic crime by setting an example, I think we are actually doing favor to our society.

 

We will never know how we can react to the situation unless we are in it. I feel more sympathy for the lady and some sympathy for the guy who destroyed two lives with his blind and spontaneous hatred.


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Fatollah

amgw4

by Fatollah on Thu Mar 04, 2010 01:24 PM PST

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Fariborz M

Fariborz M. St.

by Fariborz M on Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:12 AM PST

Fariborz M. St. Louis

The problem is not IRI, the problem is us as Iranians to allow crap like this happen and also allowing IRI rule over us the way they do.

It breaks my heart to see stuff like this.


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statira

He should be ghesased!

by statira on Thu Mar 04, 2010 08:14 AM PST

 I'm not pro ghesa, but he made her life like a hell. These type of poeple are danger to the society. He needs to be ghessased and get a life in prison.


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Anonymouse

So when is the sentence going to be carried out? This is 1+ year

by Anonymouse on Thu Mar 04, 2010 08:12 AM PST

She was Iranian of the day more than a year ago too.

Everything is sacred.


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farshadjon

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by farshadjon on Thu Mar 04, 2010 06:55 AM PST

I am really sorry to see her in this condition.

May God give her strength and shame on the devil who did this to her!


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Maryam Hojjat

IRI/IRR is concerned about his image!

by Maryam Hojjat on Thu Mar 04, 2010 04:47 AM PST

In the world.  That is the only reason they did not do Ghasas. IRI/IRR must know by now that he has image of barbarian & savages already in the world.


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amgw4

wtf

by amgw4 on Thu Mar 04, 2010 02:59 AM PST

Of all the things to report on about Iran they chose this?!


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yahoo_yabo

Best Solution

by yahoo_yabo on Thu Mar 04, 2010 01:41 AM PST

Use this savage psycho guy as a demo. to scare others.

He shouldn;'t be blinded.  Why? because he will need the assistance of someone to get him around.  His family will find some poor girl to marry him and serve him as a maid.  In effect, blinding him will also hurt and be a burden to others who were not complicit in this attack.

Instead they should

 let the interrogrators in prison use his skin to put out their cigarrette butts.  For time to time, do mock executions on him, try some "water-boarding", try choking him from time to time.  Pull some of his teeth with no anesthesia.  Put him in a jail with rats and cockroaches.....try to pull his hair, smack his in the head, use you back to draw a targets, and exercise throwing darts

---------Finally, if this was ever done in a Persian Gulf Arab country, the Emir of the country would personally have this girl fly to Barcelona or the best treatment center, pay for her to be treated, stay in top hotel and would spare no effort.

The Iranian LET DOWN government should pay for her expenses.  Or atleast, some rich businessman should.

I think I heard that Khatami donated equivalent of $5000 for her expenses. 

No word yet and no money yet from Khamenie.  He still wants people to think he is hardly getting by on the very few "rials" or "shayis" that he still has in his account.  Vaghe An, Kos Kesh, worse that a hook nosed J_ _.  No wonder he hates them so much, they are all from the same clan

I hope this Khamenie witnesses as Muslims publicly not only in Iran but in all of the Islamic world condemn him.  His tight fist and khaseesi has no bounds.  I hope he gets to see his status drop and the stature of that other Fat fuck King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia rise like a star.

On another note, fatwa issued by Ayat. Makarem Shirazi was used to issue death sentence against 20 yr old student activist Mr Amini.

I pray that a SUnni Wahhabi kidnaps that fucking Shirazi and video tapes his slaughtering infront of the camera  a la Al Qaeda style. 

Iranian peope need to release some of their anger by watching that Shirazi slaughtered.  Damn where is Zarqawi when you need one.


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