An Iranian man who permanently disfigured another in an acid attack has had his eye gouged as punishment . The man , only identified as Hamid S. , poured acid over victim Davoud Roshanaei in 2005 , causing him to lose an eye and an ear . An Iranian court sentenced him to qesas , 'retribution in kind ' and he has now had his eye and ear surgically removed at a prison in Karaj , . Eye for an eye : Victim Davoud Roshanaei , pictured before and after the attack , had acid poured over his face and body , causing him to lose an eye and an ear . Hamid S was reported to have been sedated in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj , 33 miles west of the Iranian capital Tehran , on Thursday . A team of doctors then removed his left eye , but postponed the removal of his right , state-owned Hamshahri newspaper reported according to the New York Daily News . In addition to his qesas , Hamid S must pay a fine to Mr Roshanaei and serve a ten-year jail sentence . The surgery was meant to have been carried out in January , but was postponed after medical staff at Rajai Shahr prison refused to carry out the qesas . 'The delay is from the medical side and is not our fault , ' a judge later told the state-run Iranian Fars news agency . Justice : Mr Roshanaei 's attacker was sentenced to qesas , 'retribution in kind ' , and has now had his eye and ear surgically removed at a prison in Karaj . Critique : An Iranian human rights organisation has attacked the 'eye for an eye ' punishment , calling the practice 'barbaric ' 'We had a meeting with the forensic medicine and they will let us know once there is a doctor who is willing to carry out the sentence ' . An international Iranian human rights organisation based in Norway has condemned the punishment , calling it 'barbaric ' . 'Removal of inhumane punishment in law and practice must be a prerequisite for any improvement of relations between Iranian authorities and the international community , ' Iran Human Rights 's spokesperson Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddan said . 'Participation in such punishments are serious violations of the Hippocratic oath and anyone who takes part in carrying out such sentences can not be called a doctor . '
Davoud Roshanaei was attacked with acid and lost an eye and an ear . His attacked , Hamid S , was sentenced to qesas - 'retribution in kind ' Hamid S has now had his left eye gouged out and his ear removed .