Iranian woman spares acid attacker from blinding at last minute

An Iranian court convicted Movahedi in 2008 of pouring a bucket of acid on Bahrami, after she had rejected his unwanted advances for two years.

Bahrami had demanded at the time that the court sentence the man to suffer the same fate he had inflicted upon her, and the court agreed, citing provisions in Islamic law…

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Bahrami forgave her attacker in part for her country, she told state news agency ISNA, “since all other countries were looking to see what we would do.” She “has called for blood money for her injuries”, ISNA said.

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