Eye for an eye: Iranian man sentenced to have drops of acid poured onto his face for blinding his lover's husband By Michael Theodoulou Last updated at 3:00 PM on 12th December 2010 An Iranian man who blinded his lover's husband is to suffer a similar fate in a tit-for-tat sentencing - by having acid poured into his eye. Iran’s Islamic code allows for ‘an eye-for-an-eye, a tooth-for-a-tooth’ retribution - known as 'qisas' - in cases of violent crime. The convict, named only as Mojtaba, threw acid in the face of his rival Alireza, a taxi driver, after an illicit...