Iranian court orders waiter to blinded in one eye as 'eye-for-eye' retribution

Tehran, Sept 27 (ANI): An Iranian waiter will be blinded in one eye as retribution for hurling acid at a man five years ago.

The Islamic Republic's Supreme Court sanctioned the punishment for the 26-year-old waiter Mohammad, after the victim named Vali asked for revenge.

The attack happened after a plot was hatched by the victim's brother-in-law, the Daily Mail reports.

The Islamic sharia code in force in Iran provides for retributive justice, most commonly for murder or for those convicted of causing intentional physical injury.

The latest verdict comes nearly two months after a female victim of an acid attack, Ameneh Bahrami, forgave her assailant at the 11th-hour after years of pushing for his 'qesas'- an eye for an eye style of justice. (ANI)