Fox News:  A human rights group has called on Iran to cancel the sentence of blinding a man who was convicted of throwing acid in a woman's face, the Daily Telegraph reports.  A court sentenced Majid Mohavedi to have acid dripped into his eyes in retribution for pouring acid in Ameneh Bahrami's face in 2004 after she spurned his offers of marriage.  She was left blinded from the attack.  Amnesty International is calling for a halt to the sentence, saying its too harsh.  Regardless of how horrific the crime suffered by Ameneh Bahrami, being blinded with acid is a cruel and inhuman punishment amounting to torture.  An Amnesty International spokesman told the Daily Telegraph.  Iran has postponed Saturday's blinding sentence of Mohavedi, Reuters reported.  Bahrami wants the sentence to be carried out.  The verdict is completely legal and I would like to carry it out, she told the Telegraph.  She has undergone several operations since the attack, which left her severely disfigured.  Under Iran's Islamic law (Sharia law) retribution is permitted in cases of bodily harm.  The Iranian Supreme Court approved the sentence in February 2009.  According to the sentence issued by the court, ten drops of sulfuric acid will be dropped into each of Majid's eyes.  The sentence was to be carried out today, May 14, 2011, but has been postponed.     

My Comments:  According to the LandInfo Report on Iranian honor killings (2009), 35% of all killings in the capital of Greater Tehran within a six month period were caused by husbands (honor) killing their wives.  The United Nations is such a mockery of justice and a literal waste of time and money, yes the United Nations itself, because they have elected Iran to sit on their Commission for Women's Rights, if you can believe that!  Of course, that is not their only problem by far.