Amaneh Bahrami, whose face was badly scarred when a spurned lover threw acid at her, originally demanded her legal right to enforcement of Iran’s qasas or eye-for-an-eye law, which in this case would mean that her attacker would be quite literally blinded.
Last spring, after years in which the Judiciary pleaded with her to change her mind, she finally consented to drop her demand for qasas and said she would be satisfied with the payment of diyeh or blood money for the crime.
However, the courts now say she won’t get any money at all.
The daily Sharq said Bahrami told the newspaper that the court has told her the minutes of her report to the court shows that she has completely forgiven her attacker and therefore given up her right to either qasas or diyeh.
She says that is false and that she needs the $200,000 payment for her hefty medical costs. She is still getting treatment in Spain.
Court officials told Sharq that Bahrami was mistaken about what she said and the case is now finalized so nothing can be changed.
Bahrami retorted that no one told her about the contents of the minutes and, since she has been blinded, she cannot read them herself.
Majid Movahed blinded Bahrami seven years ago. After she gave up her right to qasas, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of internal exile.
