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Ali Fazeli Monfared was allegedly killed by fay members who found out he was gay after he received a rd exemptg him om ary service.

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GAY IRANIAN, 20, 'BEHEAD BY HIS BROTHER AND S AFTER THEY DISVERED HIS SEXUALY'

Alireza Fazeli Monfared, 20, was allegedly taken by the three male members of his fay to the village of Bomi, wtern Iran, and behead after they found out he was gay. * gay irany *

A gay Iranian man has been reportedly behead by his brother and two s after they disvered he had been exempted om ary service due to his sexualy. Alireza had applied for an exceptn om the pulsory Iranian ary service for beg gay so that he uld leave the untry and move to Turkey to live wh his partner Aghil Abyat, acrdg to 6Rang, the Iranian Lbian and Transgenr Network. Alireza had applied for an exceptn om the pulsory Iranian ary service for beg gay so that he uld leave the untry and move to Turkey to live wh his partner Aghil Abyat'Alireza's killg as a rult of his sexual orientatn beg stated on his ary service [exemptn] rd has once aga provid proof for our warng several years ago about the risks ed by the ary service exemptn procs for gay Iranian men and unrl the need for legislatn to prevent the safety risks, ' the NGO 6 Rang said a statement.

The group had prevly warned 2016 that the exemptn procs allows police, tnal stutns, employers and relativ to 'intify gay men wh only one glance at the ary service exemptn rd'.

WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE GAY IRAN

It is possible to be gay and live unr a reprsive regime that is always threateng to out you, or worse. But 's a lot like walkg a tightrope: sry and ght wh risks. * gay irany *

'The spible murr of Alireza Fazeli Mondared, 20, Iran - reportedly for his sexual orientatn - is the rult of the Iranian ernment ntug to perpetuate falsi about homosexualy, ' the NGO said a statement.

GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM

Alireza Monfared, a 20-year-old Iranian gay man, was allegedly killed by fay members, days before he uld leave to seek asylum. * gay irany *

A 2020 6Rang report found that six 10 gay people Iran have been asslted by members of their fay, while almost 50 per cent have been publicly sexually asslted.

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

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Iran’s print on a rare vis to Ai on Wednday sharply cricized Wtern natns’ support for homosexualy as one of the “dirtit” episos of human history.

IRANIAN GAY MAN, 20, MURRED AND BEHEAD BY HIS FAY

Iranian, Gay & Seekg Asylum: Directed by Glen Milner. The impact of such strict laws on homosexualy Iran is examed through the life of asylum seeker Ramt. Followg the pture and torture of his boyiend Tehran, he now fds himself buildg a new life Leeds. Ramt and close iend Ali shed light on a suatn endg the liv of many young men their native untry. This remarkable documentary fds Ramt makg the most of life the U.K, playg flamen guar on lol rad, practicg wh a profsnal dancer and formg a support group for other gay Iranians. Yet fear of prosecutn upon return to Iran, leav Ramt wh his life the balance as the Home Office ntue to ny him cizenship." data-id="ma * gay irany *

Print Ebrahim Raisi spoke Uganda, which recently passed anti-gay legislatn prcribg the ath penalty for “aggravated homosexualy, ” to wispread ternatnal nmnatn.

IRAN EXECUT TEENAGE BOY FOR BEG GAY

“The Wtern untri try to intify homosexualy as an x of civilizatn, while this is one of the dirtit thgs which have been done human history, ” Raisi said.

IRANIAN, GAY & SEEKG ASYLUM

Durg his one-day vis to Uganda this week, Raisi, speakg through an terpreter, scribed homosexualy as an attack agast the tablishment of the fay and herance — an area, he said, which Uganda and Iran n operate. Mugisha said that sce the anti-LGBTQ law was enacted, members of the gay muny have experienced multiple vlatns agast them by landlords and lol uncils.

Y, THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE IRAN

Sexual teractn between two women is punishable by vast majory of media reports about homosexualy Iran are based on acunts of torment and opprsn om gays and lbians who have fled the untry.

And while their experienc are reprentative for some of Iran's homosexuals, they are hugely different om those of the people who choose to stay the untry, or don't have the opportuny to om lower class and ral areas, where stigmatizatn is often most severe, rarely have the abily to move out of the hoe before marriage, let alone leave the untry.

There is generally ltle acceptance of homosexualy, but some middle- and upper-class Iranians have the means to create parallel liv, out of sight of their relativ or iends. "Nety-five percent of gays Iran will never e out, " Saeed says over pasta at one of northern Tehran's ffee shops, where the atmosphere is relatively permissive.

GAY VISORS NOT WELE IRAN - IRAN FOM

| (VOCATIV/SUNE ENGEL RASMUSSEN)"The number one threat to gays and lbians Iran is the fay, " agre Hosse Alizah of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Human Rights Commissn (IGLHRC), and himself an Iranian. "The Iranian thori ually turn a bld eye to the gay muny's pas, but much like the telligence servic the former Soviet Unn, Iranian telligence is believed to pile large fil on many cizens, which they n e to build a legal se agast people who might be ught engagg polil activi. The park is also one of the most popular pickup spots for Tehran's gay dk, Maseratis, BMWs and the ocsnal Porsche circle the park; you don't have to wa long to spot one of them slow to a halt and pick up a sgle man cisg the g.

It also provis a temptg e, for gays and straights alike, an enomy bet by flatn and though the typ of -person enunters are a way to elu virtual spi, they are still ght wh risk. He was jt strangled to ath, " says Saeed, who has bee more ut about meetg up wh strangers bee of siar 's parks are always crowd, and particularly around dk, many of them bee popular cisg spots for gay men. | (VOCATIV/JANUS ENGEL RASMUSSEN)So naturally, when Naeem* met Behram* four years ago on gay datg se Manjan, which is also monored, he was ially hant.

ALIREZA FAZELI MONFARED WANTED TO LIVE AS A EE GAY MAN THE WT. HIS FAY IRAN BEHEAD HIM DAYS BEFORE HIS DREAM ME TE, SAY ACTIVISTS.

Seven months later, they rented an apartment wtern Tehran; they both still live at home and when Naeem here, he tells his parents he is gog out of town wh challenge of fdg a steady partner weighs heavily on Iranian gays; many speak of prsn, lonels and paranoia as almost permanent mental stat.

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