Iranian Court Applied The Mosaic Law: A Man to have his eyes gouged out, ear & nose cut off for throwing acid in girl's face

An Iranian man who threw acid in the face of young girl and caused the girl to lose her eyesight, right ear and nose, has been sentenced in accordance with Mosaic law of eye for an eye. The accused is to have his eyes gouged out, his right ear and nose cut off as punishment, an Iranian court has ruled.

Haaretz.com reports that the man was convicted in October 2013 of intentionally attacking the girl after a love gone sour. Iran's high court wants the body parts the victim lost during the vicious attack to be removed from the perpetrator's body as payback and have defended their decision.

The national council said Iran's high court defended cutting off the body parts of those found guilty of a crime, and removing eyes, as part of the country's judicial system.