Pri is a Prott: The Stggle for Gay Rights Iran – NIAC

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• THE GAY PEOPLE PHED TO CHANGE THEIR GENR
• PRI IS A PROTT: THE STGGLE FOR GAY RIGHTS IRAN

THE GAY PEOPLE PHED TO CHANGE THEIR GENR

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. The Hengaw Organizatn for Human Rights reported that they were acced of promotg homosexualy, promotg Christiany and munitg wh media opposed to the Islamic Republic.Iran's judiciary later nfirmed the sentenc, but said they were nnected to human traffickg and not activism."Contrary to the news published cyberspace and the mours that have been spread, the two dividuals have been acced of ceivg women and young girls and traffickg them to one of the untri of the regn," the judiciary's news outlet Mizan reported.Norway-registered Hengaw said Seddiqi Hamedani, also known as Sareh, was om the predomantly Kurdish town of Naqah Wt Azerbaijan provce, which borrs both Turkey and Iraq.Amnty Internatnal prevly scribed her as a "genr non-nformg human rights fenr" who said had been taed "solely nnectn wh her real or perceived sexual orientatn and genr inty as well as her social media posts and statements fence of [LGBT] rights".It reported that she was arrted October 2021 by the Islamic Revolutn Guard Corps (IRGC) while attemptg to cross to Turkey to seek asylum. 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".This 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 Amnty.The 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 livg.Unr Iranian law, same-sex sexual nduct is a crimal offence, wh punishments rangg om floggg to the ath penalty.

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. 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 ?Homosexual activy Iran is illegal (ath penalty as punishment).Current statSce Feb 11, 1979Illegal (ath penalty as punishment) The punishment for homosexualy is currently ath for men.

The marriage is prohibed and same-sex sexual activy is punished as stated the Penal .UnregnizedUnr the Shah's le, the last monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty, homosexualy was crimalised, though was mostly tolerated even to the pot of allowg news verage of a mock same-sex weddg between two men.Censorship of LGBT Issu Iran ?Censorship of LGBT Issu Iran is other punishment.Other punishment Penal Co 2013, Art. Legal regnn of non-bary genr Iran ?Legal regnn of non-bary genr Iran is not legally regnized.Not legally regnized Third genr here is not allowed.LGBT discrimatn Iran ?LGBT discrimatn Iran is no protectns.Current statSce Oct 24, 1979No protectns Formally, Iranian ernment believ every cizen to be heterosexual, strippg protectn for LGBTQ+ muny.LGBT employment discrimatn Iran ?LGBT employment discrimatn Iran is no protectns.Current statSce Oct 24, 1979No protectns Homosexualy is illegal Iran, so no protectns for Employment exist if you are an LGBT person.LGBT hog discrimatn Iran ?LGBT hog discrimatn Iran is no protectns.Current statSce Oct 24, 1979No protectns Homosexualy is illegal Iran. Same-sex adoptn Iran ?Same-sex adoptn Iran is illegal.Illegal No laws place for same sex upl.Servg openly ary Iran ?Servg openly ary Iran is illegal.Illegal Homosexualy is illegal Iran, therefore homosexuals servg openly would also be illegal.Blood donatns by MSMs Iran ?Blood donatns by MSMs Iran is banned (fe ferral).Banned (fe ferral) Homosexualy is illegal Iran.Conversn therapy Iran ?Conversn therapy Iran is not banned.Not banned Wily preformed.Equal age of nsent Iran ?Equal age of nsent Iran is n/a.N/A Homosexual sex is illegal.

PRI IS A PROTT: THE STGGLE FOR GAY RIGHTS IRAN

Government polici persecute both homosexuals and transgenr dividuals alike for their sexualy and genr intifitn, crimalizg same-sex relatns and genr reassignment procr.FACT: Iran has mataed and pursued polici which nmn and harshly punish homosexualy, a practice wily, and appropriately, cricized as a human rights vlatn. However, this ernment persecutn do not apply equally to transgenr dividuals; genr reassignment surgery is legal Iran, and formal genr regnn is supported by the Iranian theocracy.Iranian Treatment of HomosexualsDpe cricism om other natns and human rights anizatns, the Islamic Republic of Iran has mataed s practice of nmng same-sex relatns as illegal and morally rpt. Zarif argued that the moral prcipl that gui Iranian ernance nmn homosexual behavr jt as they nmn other personal actns and life choic; therefore punishment for such choic, cludg punishment by executn, is lawful and substantiated.

Ambassador to Germany at the time of Zarif’s remarks, joed Roth his opposn to the treatment and argued that the executns go agast the UN Universal Declaratn of Human Rights, which clearly tails crimalizatn of homosexualy as a vlatn.

Grenell’s sentiments were a ntuatn of the Tmp admistratn’s mpaign which lnched Febary of 2019 to crimnalize homosexualy var natns cludg Iran and lled on global anizatns like the UN and EU ntribute to the effort.LGBT+ rights have been opposn to the Iranian Penal Co sce the 1930s when Parliament passed legislatn crimalizg such relatnships, and disapproval of this discrimatn has tensified over time.