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Subject: Iranian woman
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iceylips 24.05.13 - 09:42am
Ameneh Bahrami, who lost her sight afterMajid Movahedi doused her with acid whenshe spurned his marriage proposal in 2004,chose to forgive him instead of allowing adoctor to place several drops of thecorrosive chemical into one of his eyes. * +

iceylips 24.05.13 - 09:42am
The dramatic scene, aired on Iran's statetelevision over the weekend, showed the34-year-old woman standing over theweeping attacker.What do you want to do now? the doctorasked, according to The Associated Press.I forgave him. I forgave him, she replied,saying she wished to spare him. * +

iceylips 24.05.13 - 09:43am
Bahrami suffered wounds to her eyes, face, scalp and body in the horrific attack nearly seven years ago. Still visibly scarred, her decision to spare the man who had disfigured her was a surprise. It is best to pardon when you are in a position of power, Bahrami said. Movahedi thanked the woman, calling her very generous. I couldn't imagine being blinded by acid, Movahedi said tearfully. * +

iceylips 24.05.13 - 09:44am
Victims in Iran have the right to ask forstrict enforcement of Islamic law, whichallows for qisas, or eye-for-an-eyeretribution. * +

iceylips 24.05.13 - 09:45am
In the trial of Bahrami's attacker, the courtruling allowed the woman to have a doctorpour a few drops of acid in one ofMovahedi's eyes as retribution.In 2009, Bahrami said she was pleased withthe sentence.I am not doing this out of revenge, butrather so that the suffering I went throughis not repeated, she said. * +

bozzalad 24.05.13 - 09:47am
Takes a better person than me to do that . * +

iceylips 24.05.13 - 09:48am
This is an old article but I just came across it and I found it touching so I thought I'd share it here. * +

say.what 24.05.13 - 09:56am
If you have a gentle nature and something horrible like this happens to you, you are then put into a nasty situation of getting revenge, I'm sure this law is great for some victims but not for others. Nice topic * +

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