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Under Iran's Islamic law, imposed since the 1979 Islamic revolution, qesas (retribution) is permitted in cases where bodily injuries are inflicted. "The punishment of Majid was scheduled to be carried out on Saturday at a hospital but it has been postponed," Fars quoted an unnamed official as saying, without giving details. In 2004, Mohavedi threw acid at Bahrami's face, blinding the then 24-year-old electronics graduate in both eyes for refusing to marry him, despite several approaches from his family, who are also considered complicit in the attack. Bahrami, whose hands, neck and face were also disfigured in the attack, said she did not want to take revenge, but wanted to "prevent it from happening to someone else." Mohavedi turned himself to the police and confessed in 2005. Bahrami and her lawyer were not aware that the punishment had been postponed, the students news agency ISNA reported. "I haven't got any official news on the postponement of the verdict," ISNA quoted her lawyer Ali Sarrafi as saying. "The verdict has been issued by the court and it is legally enforceable unless it is postponed due to legal reasons." Judiciary officials were not available for comment. Amnesty International has urged Iran not to carry out the sentence, saying: "the Iranian authorities have a responsibility under international law to ensure it does not go ahead." "Regardless of how horrific the crime suffered by Ameneh Bahrami, being blinded with acid is a cruel and inhuman punishment amounting to torture," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director for Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Program. (Writing by Mitra Amiri, Editing by Diana Abdallah) World Home Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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