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WEDNESDAY, 29 DECEMBER 2010
guardian.co.uk
Man convicted after mistaking victim for former classmate who had bullied him at school
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
In a literal application of the law of an eye for an eye, an Iranian man convicted of blinding another man in an acid attack has been sentenced to lose an eye and an ear.The man, identified only as Hamid, was also ordered to pay blood money after he was found guilty of the 2005 attack, according to Iran's semi-official Fars news agency. Hamid told police he had mistaken his victim – identified only as Davoud – for a former classmate who had bullied him at school.
"In high school, some of the classmates bullied me so much that we had to move from the city I was living in to another one. This was carved in my mind and I couldn't get over it," he said, according to Fars.
"I bought acid and went back to my former high school and waited for some of the classmates to come out. When he [Davoud] came out, I followed him and threw acid on him and I also injured my own legs by doing so."
Davoud, who was 22 at the time of the attack, denied ever meeting Hamid, and said the two-year age difference between them meant they could never have been in the same class.
In a similar case in November 2008, Majid Movahedi was sentenced to lose both eyes after being found guilty of throwing acid at Ameneh Bahramia woman who refused to marry him. It has not been confirmed whether the sentence has been carried out.
However, in October Iran amputated the hand of a convicted thief at a prison in the central city of Yazd.
Recently Iran has come under fire for sentencing Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, to be stoned to death for adultery. She has so far escaped the sentence because of an international outcry.
Iran has executed at least 200 people in the past 10 months, according the human rights website rahana.org
Unfortunately!!! We are in the 21st. century or over 300 years after MEDIEVAL AGES!!! Having to deal with an IDEALOGY which dates back to those eras, makes you wonder what kind of persons could they be? The only answer would be: THEY ARE FROM THE SAME ROOTS, IN DIFFERENT FORMS!!! Who can stand it to see that?
AntwortenLöschenThere is a big difference between someone who supports a dictatorship like the mullahs' and those who are striving for freedom and democracy for their enchained homeland, namely Iran. When you open their books, you will see their goals and intentions at the same time. As far as the mullahs are concerned, one can say and see what they are representing. Just open khomeini's book "Q'S & A'S" (RESALEH), if you don't get sick after the first pages then you would be able to read the minds of those who are enjoying the power in Iran. But I would say, you should be prepared, like, have a "BAG" on the your side, just in case you need it. Make sure, you read that Question about "touching a six-month-old baby and... After this make your own judgment about these Basijis who proudly annonce their heritage being connected to such a "clergy"!!!
So wanting to deal with such creatures, would make you think twice before you want to give your hand or even saying "HELLO" to them (Mrs. Clinton's attempts). These mullahs fit in no categories of human definitions.
I would like to suggest that you leave the word"IRANIAN/IRAN or..." on the side when you talk about the criminal mullahs. Because these creatures are not related to any of the values which are in this great land of civilization. It is rather a big sorrow that we have to deal with such backwarded reactionary bunch of cowards!
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