Tehran , Iran ( CNN ) -- A woman blinded in an acid attack seven years ago said Sunday she stopped the `` eye for an eye '' punishment for her attacker because `` such revenge is not worth it . '' A physician was to drop acid -- under legal supervision -- into the eyes of Majid Movahedi on Sunday , according to Fars News Agency , to punish him for throwing acid in Bahrami 's face . The act disfigured her face and blinded her . `` I never intended to allow Majid to be blinded , '' Ameneh Bahrami told CNN . `` ... Each of us , individually , must try and treat others with respect and kindness in order to have a better society . '' Bahrami stopped the punishment minutes before it was carried out , she said , adding that Movahedi already had been given anesthetic . She said two men were instrumental in bringing about her change of heart : a doctor at a clinic in Spain and Amir Sabouri , an Iranian who helped her get medical attention . Sabouri told her to forgive Movahedi and prove to the world that Iranians are kind and forgiving , she said . However , she said Movahedi is unrepentant and has been rude to her , even after she halted his punishment . . This week marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in the Islamic world , and pardons and commuted sentences commonly occur as a show of compassion leading into the holiday . An Iranian court convicted Movahedi in 2008 of pouring a bucket of acid on Bahrami , after she had rejected his unwanted advances for two years . Bahrami had demanded at the time that the court sentence the man to suffer the same fate he had inflicted upon her , and the court agreed , citing provisions in Islamic law . The sentence was to be carried out in May 2011 , but a court postponed it after Amnesty International protested against it on the grounds of cruelty . Restitution in such cases is about $ 200,000 , Bahrami said , but the law dictates she should only receive half of that because she is a woman . She argued the issue with the judge , she said , and he told her to speak with lawmakers and convince them to change the law . She said Sunday she has asked for a meeting with lawmakers and expects to talk with them in the future . She said she intends to collect and use the money for her medical treatment . She said Movahedi does not have the money , and she has asked authorities to keep him in jail until he pays her . Bahrami says she first met Movahedi in 2002 when they attended the same school . She was a 24-year-old electronics student . He was 19 . She never noticed him until he sat next to her in class and brushed up against her . Bahrami says she knew it was n't an accident . `` I moved away from him , '' she said , `` but he brushed up against me again . '' Bahrami said that over the next two years , Movahedi harassed her and made threats , even asking her to marry him . `` He told me he would kill me . He said , 'You have to say yes . ' `` On a November afternoon in 2004 , his threats turned to violence when he followed her from the medical engineering company where she worked . As she walked to the bus stop , she sensed someone behind her . She turned around and was startled to see Movahedi , who threw something over her . What felt like fire on her face was acid searing through her skin . `` I was just yelling , ' I 'm burning ! I 'm burning ! For God 's sake , somebody help me , ' `` she said . The acid seeped into her eyes , and streamed down her face into her mouth . When she covered her face with her hands , streaks of acid ran down her fingers and onto her forearms . She said Sunday that she does not expect others to follow her example of forgiveness , but noted that if they do , `` it would prove that they are great human beings . '' She has published a book in Germany , and said she is now trying to write a book in Persian about her ordeal and women in Iranian society . `` I will be personally responsible for naming names and will answer for it , '' she said . In 2009 , Bahrami told CNN that she had undergone more than a dozen surgeries on her badly scarred face , but still imagined that in the future she would have a wedding day . `` I always see myself as someone who can see and sometimes see myself in a beautiful wedding gown , and why not ? '' she said . CNN 's Reza Sayah contributed to this report .
NEW : Ameneh Bahrami says she ` ` never intended '' to have her husband killed . NEW : She is fighting for the full amount she is owed as restitution . A court convicted Mohammad Movahedi of the acid attack in 2005 . Movahedi carried out the attack after the victim had rejected his advances for two years .