Gay Iranian man ad alleged 'honor killg,' rights group says

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• GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Human RightsIran mt immediately stay the executns of two women sentenced to ath for supportg the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr-diverse (LGBT) people, a large group of UN-appoted pennt human rights experts said on Wednday. Iran’s legal system explicly prohibs homosexualy, which unr the untry’s penal is punishable by ath. She says that the officer appeared to be foced on prsg charg related to the protts and therefore did not pursue the allegatns of homosexualy.

In addn to the outright homophobic reactns, an old qutn has rurfaced: "Is the 'right time' to speak of LGBTQ rights Iran? They also note that rponse, top officials of the Islamic Republic are tensifyg their homophobic rhetoric.

He said those untri were no place to "set norms for the world, sce they are phg humany towards the brk of extctn by promotg immoral behavur like homosexualy". Recently, dozens helped a gay bety blogger make a vio llage which each of them repeated a sgle sentence: "We are untls.

The Hengaw Organizatn for Human Rights reported that they were acced of promotg homosexualy, promotg Christiany and munitg wh media opposed to the Islamic 's judiciary later nfirmed the sentenc, but said they were nnected to human traffickg and not activism. It ced her as sayg that she was forcibly disappeared for 53 days, durg which an IRGC agent allegedly subjected her to "tense terrogatns acpanied by verbal abe" and "threatened to execute or otherwise harm her and take away the ctody of her two young children" January, Seddiqi Hamedani was brought before a prosecutor Urmia, the largt cy Wt Azerbaijan, and told that she was acced of "spreadg rptn on Earth", cludg through promotg homosexualy, munitg wh hostile media and promotg Christiany, acrdg to group said the first two accatns stemmed om her public fence of LGBT rights on social media and her appearance a May 2021 BBC documentary about ab that LGBT people were sufferg Iraq's semi-tonomo Kurdistan Regn, where she had been Iranian law, same-sex sexual nduct is a crimal offence, wh punishments rangg om floggg to the ath penalty.

Augt 26, 2021—In a new LGBTQ Fact Sheet published today by the Center for Human Rights Iran (CHRI), the extreme rights vlatns and adly vlence perpetrated by both the state and society agast the LGBTQ muny (lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer) Iran are highlighted a ncise, accsible format for rearchers, journalists, and policymakers. Iran’s New Print Raisi: Homosexualy is “Nothg But Savagery”. For example, Ebrahim Raisi, who is now Iran’s print, said 2014 (when he head Iran’s judiciary) that homosexualy is “nothg but savagery.

After ​her release Iraq, Sedighi-Hamadani attempted to cross to Turkey om Iran to seek asylum, Amnty said, but November, the Intelligence Organizatn of the Revolutnary Guards said that a “lear” of a human traffickg work “volved smugglg Iranian girls and women” to neighborg untri and directg them to homosexual groups unr “protectn of [foreign] telligence agenci” had been ught.

In a letter sent to ​the Chief Jtice of Iran, Gholam​-Hosse Mohseni​-Ejei, Amnty said Sedighi-Hamadani was acced January by the prosecutor Umieh of “spreadg rptn on earth” cludg through “promotg homosexualy, ” “munitn wh anti-Islamic Republic media channels​, ” and “promotg Christiany.

However, foreign-based rights groups scribed the two women as lol gay and lbian rights ma no reference to the women’s activism, reportg that they “mised” women and girls promisg better trag and job opportuni abroad — a reference to human traffickg. ”Hengaw Organizatn for Human Rights, a Norwegian-registered watchdog that monors rights vlatns Iran’s wtern Kurdistan provce, reported that secury forc siarly taed Chobdar over “promotg homosexualy. ”Homosexualy is illegal Iran, nsired one of the most reprsive plac the world for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.

Fear of persecutn is so strong that some gays and lbians have sought and received asylum other untri. Earlier this year, Iran reportedly executed two gay men on charg of NBC Out on Twter, Facebook & Instagram. In a 2020 survey of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) Iranians nducted by the Iranian Lbian and Transgenr Network (6Rang), almost 20 percent of participants claimed to have been victims of vlence by police officers, secury forc, prosecutors, and/or judg.

In December 2019, Rezvaneh Mohammadi, an activist for genr equaly, received a five-year prison sentence for the unprecented charge of “lln agast natnal secury by seekg to normalize homosexual relatns. Iranian media reported then that the IRGC had arrted several persons for “formg a female traffickg gang and supportg homosexuals. ” One of those arrted, was allegedly “the head of a women and girls’ work, traffickg Iranian girls to one of the untri the regn for prostutn and guidg and supportg homosexual groups.

Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (ath penalty as punishment)Censorship✖ Other punishmentChangg Genr✖ Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned. Suggt Public Opn DataPublic OpnJtifiabily of homosexualy? HistoryHomosexual activy Iran?