An eye for an eye: Iranian woman will be blinded as punishment for throwing acid in another woman's face, leaving the victim sightless
- The unnamed attacker was found guilty of the horrendous attack in Dehdasht
- She threw corrosive liquid into the face of her victim, identified only as Sima
- Under Iran's Sharia law, the convict will now be blinded in one eye as retribution
- As well as losing sight, she will spend seven years in jail and pay compensation
Iran's supreme court has ruled that a woman must be blinded in one eye as punishment for an acid attack that left her victim sightless.
The sentence was handed down using the principle of 'eye for an eye' of Islamic Sharia law, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.
Under Iran's Sharia law, imposed since the 1979 Islamic revolution, qesas - or retribution - is permitted in cases where bodily injuries are inflicted.
The convicted attacker, who was not identified, was found guilty of throwing acid in the face of her victim, identified as Sima, two years ago in the city of Dehdasht.
The Iranian woman will be blinded in one eye after throwing acid in the face of another woman (file photo)
Head of the judiciary in the province of Kohgiluyeh Majid Karami told Tasnim: 'The sentence to blindness in one eye, payment of blood money (compensation), and seven years imprisonment have been confirmed by the highest court.'
Karami did not say when the sentence was scheduled to be carried out.
Victims and their families have the final say and can prevent the punishment from being imposed, under the law.
Activist Mohammad Surizad in Tehran said some activists had urged Sima's family to 'show clemency and pardon the convicted woman'.
The victim, Sina, would have suffered similar injuries to those endured by British teenageer Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup (pictured)
Iranian officials, concerned about the increase in the rate of acid attacks, have endorsed retribution.
However, the practice of carrying out an 'eye for an eye' punishment, is very rare in Iran.
Several acid attacks have been reported in Iran in the past few years.
In 2011, an Iranian woman blinded with acid by her suitor after she spurned his marriage offers spared him hours before surgeons prepared to blind the man with acid.
Rights group Amnesty International have urged Iran not to inflict the punishment.
The concept of qesas also applies to other crimes in Iran, such as murder.
A victim's family can demand the death of a convicted murderer or commute the sentence in return for financial compensation from the criminal.
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