Blinding of Iran acid attacker postponed
A court sentenced Majid Mohavedi in 2008 to be blinded in both eyes for taking away the sight of Ameneh Bahrami by pouring acid in her face after she spurned his offers of marriage.
Under Iran's Islamic law, imposed since the 1979 Islamic revolution, qesas (retribution) is permitted in cases where bodily injuries are inflicted.
"The punishment of Majid was scheduled to be carried out on Saturday at a hospital but it has been postponed," Fars quoted an unnamed official as saying, without giving details.
The Guardian newspaper reported, citing Iranian media, that Bahrami herself would drop acid in both eyes of Movahedi, 30, after he was rendered unconscious.
In 2004, Mohavedi threw acid at Bahrami's face, blinding the then 24-year-old electronics graduate in both eyes for refusing to marry him, despite several approaches from his family, who are also considered complicit in the attack.
Bahrami, whose hands, neck and face were also disfigured in the attack, said she did not want to take revenge, but wanted to "prevent it from happening to someone else." Mohavedi turned himself to the police and confessed in 2005.
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