Iran Human Rights: The "eye for an eye" punishment of Majid Movahedi, that was scheduled at a Tehran hospital at 1200 noon today, has been postponed due to unknown reasons.
According to the state run Iranian news agency ISNA the decision of postponing the punishment was issued late Friday night by the authorities. The reason for the postponement was not clear but the report underlined that the "punishment" has only been postponed and not stopped.
Ms. Ameneh Bahrami who was originally conduct the punishment , wasn’t aware that the punishment was postponed this morning.
The punishment of dripping acid in the eyes of Majid Movahedi has been condemned by the human rights groups in the world and several countries such as Norway, UK and Belgium have urged the Iranian authorities to halt the inhumane punishment.
Iran Human Rights (IHR) urge the world community to do what they can to stop this inhumane punishment. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR, said: The punishment has just been temporary postponed and could happen at any time.
