TEHRAN , Iran ( CNN ) -- An Iranian woman , blinded by a jilted stalker who threw acid in her face , has persuaded a court to sentence him to be blinded with acid himself under Islamic law demanding an eye for an eye . Ameneh Bahrami refused to accept `` blood money . '' She insisted instead that her attacker suffer a fate similar to her own `` so people like him would realize they do not have the right to throw acid in girls ' faces , '' she told the Tehran Provincial Court . Her attacker , a 27-year-old man identified in court papers as Majid , admitted throwing acid in her face in November 2004 , blinding and disfiguring her . He said he loved her and insisted she loved him as well . He has until early this week to appeal the sentence . Doctors say there is no chance Bahrami will recover her vision , despite repeated operations , including medical care in Spain partially paid for by Iran 's reformist former president , Mohammed Khatami , who was in power when the attack took place . Majid said he was still willing to marry Bahrami , but she ruled out the possibility and urged that he remain locked up . `` I am not willing to get blood money from the defendant , who is still thinking about destroying me and wants to take my eyes out , '' she told the court . `` How could he pretend to be in love ? If they let this guy go free , he will definitely kill me . '' Bahrami told the court that Majid 's mother had repeatedly tried to arrange a marriage between the two after Majid met Bahrami at university . She rejected the offer , not even sure at first who the suitor was . Her friends told her he was a man who had once harassed her in class , leading to an argument between them . But he refused to accept her rejection , she said , going to her workplace and threatening her . Finally , she lied and told him she had married someone else and that `` it would be better all around if he would leave [ her ] alone . '' She told the court that she reported the conversation to police , saying he had threatened her with `` burning for the rest of my life '' -- but they said they could not act until a crime had been committed . Two days later , on November 2 , 2004 , as she was walking home from work , she became aware of a man following her . She slowed , then stopped to let him pass . `` When the person came close , I realized that it was Majid , '' she said . `` Everything happened in a second . He was holding a red container in his hand . He looked into my eyes for a second and threw the contents of the red container into my face . '' Bahrami knew exactly what was happening , she said . `` At that moment , I saw in my mind the face of two sisters who years ago had the same thing happen to them . I thought , 'Oh , my God -- acid . ' `` Passers-by tried to wash the acid off Bahrami , then took her to Labafinejad Hospital . `` They did everything possible for me , '' she said of the doctors and nurses there . Then , one day , they asked her to sign papers allowing them to operate on her . `` I said , 'Do you want to take my eyes out ? ' The doctor cried and left . '' They did want to remove her eyes surgically , she learned , for fear they would become infected , potentially leading to a fatal infection of her brain . But she refused to allow it , both because she was not sure she could handle it psychologically , and because she thought her death would be easier for her family to bear . `` If I had died , my family would probably be sad for a year and mourn my death , and then they would get used to it , '' she told the court . `` But now every day they look at me and see that I am slowly wasting away . '' The three-judge panel ruled unanimously on November 26 that Majid should be blinded with acid and forced to pay compensation for the injuries to Bahrami 's face , hands and body caused by the acid . That was what she had demanded earlier in the trial . But she did not ask for his face to be disfigured , as hers was . `` Of course , only blind him and take his eyes , because I can not behave the way he did and ask for acid to be thrown in his face , '' she said . `` Because that would be [ a ] savage , barbaric act . Only take away his sight so that his eyes will become like mine . I am not saying this from a selfish motive . This is what society demands . '' Attacking women and girls by throwing acid in their faces is sufficiently common in countries such as Bangladesh and Cambodia that groups have been formed to fight it . Human rights organizations have condemned the practice in Afghanistan and Pakistan . It is not clear how often such attacks take place in Iran . Iran and Saudi Arabia are the only countries that consider eye-gouging to be a legitimate judicial punishment , Human Rights Watch has said . CNN 's Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report .
Man admitted throwing acid in Iranian woman 's face in 2004 . Attack blinded and disfigured woman , who had rejected his overtures . Man , sentenced to blinding by acid , has until early this week to appeal . Victim speaks of her life : `` I am slowly wasting away ''