Iran has executed two gay men nvicted of sodomy, rights group says

Contents:

• IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN ACCED OF 'FORCIBLE SODOMY,' HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• THE 6 COUNTRI EXECUTE PEOPLE FOR BEG GAY
• IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN ON SODOMY CHARG, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REPORTS
• IRAN PURPORTEDLY EXECUT 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG
• IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS HIS UNTRY EXECUT GAY PEOPLE BEE OF 'MORAL PRCIPL'
• IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS HIS UNTRY EXECUT GAY PEOPLE BEE OF 'MORAL PRCIPL'
• IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS HIS UNTRY EXECUT GAY PEOPLE BEE OF 'MORAL PRCIPL'
• IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS HIS UNTRY EXECUT GAY PEOPLE BEE OF 'MORAL PRCIPL'
• IRAN EXECUT GAY TEENAGER VLATN OF TERNATNAL LAW
• IRAN EXECUT TWO GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• AMNTY REPORTS IRAN EXECUTED 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG
• RIGHTS GROUP: IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG
• RIGHTS GROUP: IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG
• IRAN HAS EXECUTED TWO GAY MEN NVICTED OF SODOMY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

DUBAI, Uned Arab Emirat — Iran has executed two gay men who were nvicted on charg of sodomy and spent six years on ath row, a rights group reported. Homosexualy is illegal Iran, nsired one of the most reprsive plac the world for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.

Iran executed two gay men on Thursday, acrdg to a human rights group. Iran has executed two gay men who were nvicted on charg of sodomy, acrdg to a human rights group.

Homosexualy is illegal Iran, and LGBTQ+ muni face discrimatn, prosecutn, and beg year, Insir reported that Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old Iranian man, was killed an alleged "honor killg" by fay members after learng that he was gay. The public ng of a gay uple for nsensual sex Aceh, a remote Indonian provce that practic Shariah law. They had nsensual the Aceh provce of Indonia, homosexualy is a crime that n be punished this btal and gradg More: Disturbg Details of Executns Emerge From Chechnya's 'Gay Torture Camps': ReportEverywhere the world, LGBTQ people are routely harassed, discrimated agast, beaten, and even murred for simply beg who they are.

IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN ACCED OF 'FORCIBLE SODOMY,' HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

In 74 untri around the world, homosexualy remas a crime — an egreg nial of equal rights unr the law for untls people. But 11 untri, the state acts as the vehicle of ath, threateng executn for homosexual acts. Half of the untri never follow through on this absolute threat, but e other methods to strip a person of are the six untri that actually kill people for engagg homosexual acts.

THE 6 COUNTRI EXECUTE PEOPLE FOR BEG GAY

But the polil ele, by nature, shap the laws and their extremely nservative worldview classifi homosexualy as a crime punishable by ath. Stong to ath is another form of public executn  a untry that kills hundreds of people each More: Taiwan Be First Place Asia to Legalize Same-Sex MarriageNigeriaRunng unter to much of the rt of the world, Nigeria’s print cid to strengthen anti-homosexual laws 2014.

Earlier this year, two men were shot public by the terrorist group after beg found havg More: Lebanon Jt Celebrated Its Very First Gay Pri ParaSudanThe first two tim a person gets ught havg gay sex Sudan n lead to 100 lash and imprisonment up to five years. YemenFollowg a civil war 1994, Yemen adopted Sharia law and clared that homosexual acts uld be punished wh ath. In recent years, another civil war has torn the untry apart and the ensug chaos has led to the executns of numero gay men.

IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN ON SODOMY CHARG, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REPORTS

Acrdg to one man profiled Narratively, 14 gay men were executed by Al Qaeda 2016 the pal cy of An. DUBAI, Uned Arab Emirat (AP) — Iran has executed two gay men who were nvicted on charg of sodomy and spent six years on ath row, a rights group reported. Protters light ndl durg a monstratn Manila, Philipp, to nmn the executn of two teenagers Iran bee of their homosexualy, an Augt 5, 2005 file photo.

Dubai, Uned Arab Emirat — Iran has executed two gay men who were nvicted on charg of sodomy and spent six years on ath row, a rights group reported. Homosexualy is illegal Iran, which is nsired one of the most reprsive plac the world for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.

IRAN PURPORTEDLY EXECUT 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG

Three Iranian men have been executed after beg found guilty of charg related to homosexualy, acrdg to a semi-official news men, only intified by their ials, were hanged on Sunday the south-wtern cy of Ahvaz, the pal of Iran's Khuztan provce. It is not clear whether the three men were homosexuals or merely smeared wh homosexualyacced of beg said the men were also nvicted of robbery and other people were also executed on the same day on charg related to dg-alg, rape and is believed that the executn of the three men is the first time for many years that any Iranians have been given ath sentenc on the basis of their the past, Iran has executed nvicts for homosexualy but they were typilly simultaneoly nvicted of other charg that rried the ath sentence, such as male rape.

"The executns for sodomy might be among the rare s where the Iranian thori adm to havg executed men nvicted of homosexual acts... Mohammad Mostafaei, a proment Iranian lawyer who has reprented people acced of homosexualy and now liv exile Norway, said an email: "It is not clear whether the three men had any lawyers or were tried whout legal reprentatn. "We should not fet what [print] Mahmoud Ahmadejad said a speech durg his vis to New York for the UN general assembly when he said we don't have homosexuals Iran and no one will be punished for homosexualy the untry.

"Ahmadejad famoly said New York: "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like you do your untry. "In Augt 2010, an 18-year-old Iranian, Ebrahim Hamidi, a client of Mostafaei, faced executn on charg of homosexualy on the basis of "judge's knowledge" which is a legal loophole that allows for subjective judicial lgs where there is no nclive evince. Iran's top diplomat on Monday fend his untry's harsh anti-gay laws, which clus pal punishment for nsensual same-sex sexual acts.

IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS HIS UNTRY EXECUT GAY PEOPLE BEE OF 'MORAL PRCIPL'

Iranian Foreign Mister Javad Zarif on Monday ced "moral prcipl" when asked why Iran execut homosexuals for their sexual orientatn, as he also attacked the US and Israel for "vlatg human rights. "At a prs nference the Iranian pal wh his German unterpart, Heiko Maas, Zarif was asked by Bild reporter Pl Ronzheimer about the ath penalty for gay people the Middle Eastern untry. "In late January, a 31-year-old man was publicly hanged Iran after beg found guilty of vlatg the untry's anti-gay laws, acrdg to The Jesalem more: Tmp's Iran strategy is failg to rce tensns as a top general warns the threat to US troops is still 'imment'As of March 2019, there were 70 UN member stat that have laws on the books crimalizg nsensual same-sex sexual acts, acrdg to a report om the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA).

IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS HIS UNTRY EXECUT GAY PEOPLE BEE OF 'MORAL PRCIPL'

Iran executed two gay men on sodomy charg on Sunday, lol human rights groups and media anizatns have two men, Mehrdad Karimpou and Farid Mohammadi, were allegedly arrted about six years ago for "sodomy by force, " acrdg to Iran's Human Rights Activists News Agency.

1643558554"The two Iranian men were executed today after beg found guilty of charg related to homosexualy, " Iran Human Rights Monor tweeted, reported The Jesalem Post. "The Ayatollah regime Iran jt executed two gay men for the crime of sodomy Iran. \u201cThe Ayatollah regime Iran jt executed two gay men for the crime of sodomy Iran.

IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS HIS UNTRY EXECUT GAY PEOPLE BEE OF 'MORAL PRCIPL'

BERLIN -- Iran’s regime executed a gay adolcent July - the first nfirmed executn of someone nvicted as a juvenile the Islamic Republic 2016 - Amnty Internatnal reported this Afshar, 19, was hanged Arak Prison Iran's Markazi Provce on July 18, after he was nvicted of "forced male-to-male anal terurse" (‘lavat-e be onf’) early 2015, the NGO said a statement Tuday. Stefan Schan, a LGBT rights activist and spokman for the European 'STOP THE BOMB' mpaign, told The Jesalem Post on Thursday, “Consensual homosexual nduct remas illegal unr Iran’s Sharia law and is punished wh public floggg or even executn.

IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS HIS UNTRY EXECUT GAY PEOPLE BEE OF 'MORAL PRCIPL'

While the Islamic State throws gays om rooftops, the Islamic Republic [of Iran] hangs them.

Afshar, who was arrted December, 2014, said that the same-sex relatns were nsensual and the accer had eely engaged prr homosexual relatns. Volker Beck, a gay German Green Party MP and ternatnal activist to stop the persecutn of LGBTs, told the Post, “Iran is a signatory to a UN treaty that do not pletely ban the ath penalty but lims pal punishment to severe crim and outlaws the executn of juvenil. “Beck said “In the urt se Toonen vs Atralia, Geneva [Uned Natns Human Rights Commtee] termed that the crimal prosecutn of Homosexualy vlat the Internatnal Covenant on Civil and Polil Rights.

Our foreign policy should strongly addrs the human rights suatns Iran and Sdi Arabia” The Kgdom of Sdi Arabia like Iran prcrib the ath penalty for gays. Iran’s barbaric henchmen promote and enact adly homophobia and force homosexuals to flee the untry. “ Acrdg to a 2008 Brish Wikileaks dispatch, Iran executed between 4, 000 to 6, 000 gays and lbians between the start of the Islamic Revolutn 1979 to 2008.

IRAN EXECUT GAY TEENAGER VLATN OF TERNATNAL LAW

Iran equently execut gay men for same-sex relatns and am the men for rape charg to jtify s Islamic law applitn of lethal homophobia. Iran has executed two gay men who were nvicted on charg of sodomy and spent six years on ath row, a rights group reported. Amnty Internatnal last Tuday urged Iran to ee an Iranian LGBTI activist held for the last three months on charg lked to an appearance a BBC documentary on gay rights Iraqi Kurdistan.

After a 53-day perd of “forced disappearance” solary nfement the northwtern Iranian cy of Omiyeh, she was January brought before Iranian prosecutors and charged wh “spreadg rptn on earth” and “promotg homosexualy. Homosexualy is banned Iran wh s penal explicly crimalizg same-sex sexual behavr for both men and women.

IRAN EXECUT TWO GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Iranian gay rights group 6Rang (6 Colours) had ially drawn attentn to the disappearance of Sedighi-Hamadani — also known as Sareh — December.

AMNTY REPORTS IRAN EXECUTED 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG

The Islamic Republic of Iran publicly hanged a 31-year-old Iranian man after he was found guilty of charg related to vlatns of Iran’s anti-gay laws, acrdg to the state-ntrolled Iranian Stunts’ News unintified man was hanged on January 10 the southwtern cy of Kazeroon based on crimal vlatns of “lavat-e be onf” – sexual terurse between two men, as well as kidnappg charg, acrdg to ISNA.

RIGHTS GROUP: IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG

Iran’s radil sharia law system prcrib the ath penalty for gay sex. “Next time Foreign Mister Zarif speaks Washgton, the host and dience should ask him why his regime is one of the top executner of gays the world. ”Acrdg to a 2008 Brish WikiLeaks dispatch, Iran’s mullah regime executed “between 4, 000 and 6, 000 gays and lbians” sce the Islamic Revolutn 1979.

“Iran is not only the most dangero threat to Israel’s secury, is also a champn the state murr of actual or perceived homosexuals, ” said Volker Beck, a German Party Green Party polician and a lecturer at the Center for Studi Relig Scienc (CERES) at the Ruhr Universy Bochum.

”Beck played a key role brgg about marriage equaly Germany for gays and lbians. ” The statement about cizens of Kazeroon uld not be penntly 2016, The Jesalem Post reported Iran’s regime had executed a gay adolcent that year – the first nfirmed executn of someone nvicted as a juvenile the Islamic Afshar, 19, was hanged Arak Prison Iran’s Markazi Provce on July 18, 2016, after he was nvicted of “forced male-to-male anal terurse” early 2011, Iran’s regime executed three Iranian men after beg found guilty of charg related to M. Hochre, a spokman for the Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung Foundatn, which fights to advance the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people, told the Post:“Iran is one of the worst stat for the persecutn of LGBTI.

RIGHTS GROUP: IRAN EXECUT 2 GAY MEN OVER SODOMY CHARG

The state publicly and regularly boasts of the executn of gay men.

IRAN HAS EXECUTED TWO GAY MEN NVICTED OF SODOMY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Iran has executed two gay men who were nvicted unr the untry’s anti-sodomy laws and spent six years on ath row, acrdg to a human rights group.

Homosexualy and same-sex relatns are illegal Iran, which adher to sharia, or relig law the Islamic relign. “The Ayatollah regime Iran jt executed two gay men for the crime of sodomy Iran, ” the Iranian-Amerin journalist Karmel Melamed wrote a tweet featurg pictur of Karimpour and Mohammadi.