An eye-for-eye justice
MADRID - AN Iranian woman living in Spain said on Wednesday she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-an-eye justice against a suitor who blinded her with acid.
Ameneh Bahrami, 30, told Cadena SER radio, 'I am not doing this out of revenge, but rather so that the suffering I went through is not repeated.'
Late last year an Iranian court ruled that the man - identified only as Majid - who blinded Bahrami in 2004 after she spurned him, should also be blinded with acid based on the Islamic law system of 'qisas,' or eye for an eye retribution, according to Iranian newspaper reports from November.
But Ms Bahrami, who moved to Spain after the attack to get medical treatment, said on Wednesday that under Iranian law, she is entitled to blind him in only one eye, unless she pays euro20,000 ($25,110), because in Iran women are not considered equal to men.
'They have told us that my two eyes are equal to one of his because in my country each man is worth two women. They are not the same,' she told Cadena SER.
Ms Bahrami explained that she was now waiting for a letter from the court to go back to Iran for the punishment to be carried out.
Cadenda SER said that after undergoing treatment in Barcelona, Bahrami recovered 40 per cent vision in one eye but since then doctors have not been able to prevent her from going totally blind.
She also suffered horrific burns to her face, scalp and body. She says she now survives on 400 euro a month in aid from the Spanish government.
The woman said Majid would be blinded by having several drops of acid put into one eye, whereas she had acid splashed all over her face and other parts of her body. -- AP
MY VIEWS
This is a rather touchy subject so I shall express it from two point of views.
VICTIM
Of course, the violence would naturally leave the victim destroyed, mentally and physically. The victim, just because of one angry suitor, now had a ruined future in front of her. She would be deemed a freak, she could could not be totally independent, and would never get married and have children. This in the victim's eyes was totally unfair and naturally she would want to get revenge on her attacker, even if the attacker would be blinded by having several drops of acid put into one eye, whereas she had acid splashed all over her face and other parts of her body. She just wanted to get the satisfaction of knowing that her attacker would go through what she went through and will be going through for the rest of her life. Thus, in this certain aspect, we should sympathise with the victim and agree with her.
OTHER PEOPLE
However, from the bystander's point of view, one would probably think: "Since what the attacker did to you is cruel and heartless, how does what you are going to do justify your actions?" One would also think that 'I am not doing this out of revenge, but rather so that the suffering I went through is not repeated.' is just an excuse to get revenge as there are many other ways for her to share on how she felt and how this act is inhumane. By doing exactly the same act, one would think of her as a hypocrite.
MADRID - AN Iranian woman living in Spain said on Wednesday she welcomed a Tehran court ruling that awards her eye-for-an-eye justice against a suitor who blinded her with acid.
Ameneh Bahrami, 30, told Cadena SER radio, 'I am not doing this out of revenge, but rather so that the suffering I went through is not repeated.'
Late last year an Iranian court ruled that the man - identified only as Majid - who blinded Bahrami in 2004 after she spurned him, should also be blinded with acid based on the Islamic law system of 'qisas,' or eye for an eye retribution, according to Iranian newspaper reports from November.
But Ms Bahrami, who moved to Spain after the attack to get medical treatment, said on Wednesday that under Iranian law, she is entitled to blind him in only one eye, unless she pays euro20,000 ($25,110), because in Iran women are not considered equal to men.
'They have told us that my two eyes are equal to one of his because in my country each man is worth two women. They are not the same,' she told Cadena SER.
Ms Bahrami explained that she was now waiting for a letter from the court to go back to Iran for the punishment to be carried out.
Cadenda SER said that after undergoing treatment in Barcelona, Bahrami recovered 40 per cent vision in one eye but since then doctors have not been able to prevent her from going totally blind.
She also suffered horrific burns to her face, scalp and body. She says she now survives on 400 euro a month in aid from the Spanish government.
The woman said Majid would be blinded by having several drops of acid put into one eye, whereas she had acid splashed all over her face and other parts of her body. -- AP
MY VIEWS
This is a rather touchy subject so I shall express it from two point of views.
VICTIM
Of course, the violence would naturally leave the victim destroyed, mentally and physically. The victim, just because of one angry suitor, now had a ruined future in front of her. She would be deemed a freak, she could could not be totally independent, and would never get married and have children. This in the victim's eyes was totally unfair and naturally she would want to get revenge on her attacker, even if the attacker would be blinded by having several drops of acid put into one eye, whereas she had acid splashed all over her face and other parts of her body. She just wanted to get the satisfaction of knowing that her attacker would go through what she went through and will be going through for the rest of her life. Thus, in this certain aspect, we should sympathise with the victim and agree with her.
OTHER PEOPLE
However, from the bystander's point of view, one would probably think: "Since what the attacker did to you is cruel and heartless, how does what you are going to do justify your actions?" One would also think that 'I am not doing this out of revenge, but rather so that the suffering I went through is not repeated.' is just an excuse to get revenge as there are many other ways for her to share on how she felt and how this act is inhumane. By doing exactly the same act, one would think of her as a hypocrite.
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