article_snippet: (CNN)Iran's judicial system believes in the ancient concept of "an eye for an eye" -- literally.
article_snippet: The punishment is believed to be Iran's first case of Qasas, meaning retribution in kind, Tasnim News said.
article_snippet: Amnesty International denounced the sentence.
article_snippet: The punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity,"  said Raha Bahreini, Amnesty International's Iran researcher.
article_snippet: The defendant was ordered to pay "blood money" and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
article_snippet: Amnesty International said punishment has been delayed for another Iranian man in a "retribution in kind" case.
article_snippet: CNN's Shirzad Bozorgmehr in Tehran and Elwyn Lopez in Atlanta contributed to this report.