Ameneh Bahrami
She withdraws ‘eye for an eye’ retribution hours before surgeons prepared to blind him with acid.
A woman
blinded with acid in Iran has pardoned her attacker, a man who was scheduled to
lose his sight in an eye for an eye punishment on Sunday.
Majid
Movahedi, 30, had been taken to Tehran’s judiciary hospital to be blinded with
acid after being rendered unconscious, but Ameneh Bahrami, his victim, spared
him at the last minute, Iran’s semi-official Isna news agency reported.
“I feel very
good. I’m happy that I pardoned him,” Isna quoted her as saying. “For seven
years I’ve been trying to pursue retribution and to prove that the punishment
for an acid attack is retribution but today I decided to pardon him. This was
my right but in future the next victim might not do the same.”
On Sunday,
Bahrami asked for financial compensation instead of blinding Movahedi, an
option she had previously refused to consider.
Islam’s Sharia
law allows for qisas (retribution) but it also advises for clemency, especially
before and during Ramadan, which starts on Monday in Iran. “Inflict the same
life on him that he inflicted on me,” she had told the court.
Bahrami said
that international focus on the case was a factor she considered in pardoning
Movahedi. “The second reason I decided to pardon him was because it seemed like
the entire world was waiting to see what will happen,” she said.
people have different reactions which, in their opinion, are correct or normal, and the reality is that good and evil are subjective.
ResponderBorrarThis issue hasn’t been the first being discussed in the same way, because people are always going to act in a certain way, and not everyone will accept that behavior.
The reality is that justice is impartial and must be fulfilled, regardless of the person or situation. That is what dictates the ethics and the laws that were created for the common welfare.
I would not forgive the attacker for his crime, because we are allowing the criminals to continue with this behavior, committing criminal acts and being forgiven for them. I agree that forgiveness must exist in a personal way, because it sets you free of the situation.
I think that pardoning people is the solution for ending violence. Jesus Christ did it inclusively before he died... Why the hell we can't?!
ResponderBorrarEn mi punto de vista el caso es muy polémico, ya que para empezar las leyes en Irán son un tema debatible, ya que muchas veces pueden ser justos los castigos, pero ¿qué pasa si culpan a alguien inocente?
ResponderBorrarHablando específicamente sobre este caso, creo que yo no hubiera tomado la decisión que ella, tomó; podrá sonar un poco cruel o egoísta, pero siendo completamente sincero, yo no podría perdonar a alguien que me eche a perder la vida de esa manera.
Después de haber analizado el caso, tuvimos que investigar el qué ha pasado hasta el momento con el caso, por lo que nos dimos cuenta que se arrepintió de haber tomado la decisión de perdonarlo.
Ella argumenta que en el momento lo perdonó porque tenía la presión de todo el mundo por saber su respuesta, sin embargo, creo que esa no fue la razón.
En la investigación posterior que hicimos, nos dimos cuenta que el atacante ya salió libre y que nunca pagó la indemnización de ciento cincuenta mil euros que debió haber pagado.