Elders (Admins) The Old Man Posted June 12, 2005 Elders (Admins) Share Posted June 12, 2005 2005 Friday 10 June Iran: Man sentenced to have eyes gouged out for teenage crime Iran Focus : Tehran, Jun. 10 – Iran’s State Supreme Court has upheld a sentence for a young man’s eyes to be gouged out and sprayed with acid, for blinding another man at the age of 16 some 12 years ago. The defendant, only identified by his first name Vahid, was convicted of deliberately pouring acid on the face of another individual by the name of Gholam-Hossein while he worked as a labourer in Tehran when he was 16 years old, though he maintained throughout the trial that the attack was not intentional and that he had only meant to threaten the man because of an earlier scuffle. He said that the lid of the battery which the acid was in accidentally opened. The phrase “An eye for an eye” is very stringently adhered to in Iran’s Islamic law. The original court ordered for acid to be sprayed on Vahid’s face as retribution for his actions, though his lawyer appealed the decision on the grounds that the rest of his face would also be damaged from the acid. A second court rejected the appeal and instead ordered for Vahid’s eyes to be first gouged out by a “qualified surgeon” and then sprayed with acid “so as not to damage the face itself”. The State Supreme Court has ruled for authorities to go ahead with carrying out the punishment, though Vahid’s lawyer is presently negotiating with Gholam-Hossein’s family to give clemency to his defendant. Vahid has been requested to pay 3 billion Rials ($300,000) as blood-money to forego the punishment however he has stated that he does not have such an amount of money. Under Iranian law, boys above the age of fifteen are considered as adults and could be convicted of capital offences. Under increasing international pressure for violations of the rights of the child, the Iranian regime keeps convicted children in juvenile prisons and issues court verdicts only after they turn 18 so as to carry out sentences that would have be handed out if the defendants were adults. Original article and horrible pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blondton13 Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Wow. Ummm~there's not much to say on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerbelch Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 BEER---> Definetly old school. BTW, while I was typing yhis we had a little earthquake. Everything is fine, half to wait and see where it was centered. BELCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Wolf Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Dear God..... And they think the "Dark Ages" are distant history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyroo Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 and we are the bad guys? good grief, how will we ever find middle ground with Islalm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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