Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov.12
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Some 380 acid attacks have occurred in Iran in the first six months of the current year, Iran's police chief, Esmaeel Ahmadi Moghaddam said.
He said most of the attackers have been arrested, Iran's Fars news agency reported on November 12.
Iran's Judiciary has pledged to take serious and prompt action regarding recent acid attacks in the central city of Esfahan, vowing the harshest punishment possible for the perpetrators.
Iranian Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i described the recent acid attacks as unfair, murderous and violent and said "rhe issue will be examined immediately and the perpetrators will be given the harshest punishment possible."