Iran LGBTQ: A rd exempted a gay man om servg the ary. It may have st him his life | CNN

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• 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.
• GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM
• IRAN: MURR OF GAY MAN HIGHLIGHTS DANGERS OF STATE-SANCTNED AB AGAST LGBTI PEOPLE
• HORRIFIC KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN PUTS PLIGHT OF IRAN'S LGBT COMMUNY IN SPOTLIGHT
• A RD EXEMPTED A GAY MAN OM SERVG IRAN’S ARY. IT MAY HAVE ST HIM HIS LIFE
• IRANIAN MAN ‘BEHEAD BY HIS BROTHER AND S AFTER THEY FOUND OUT HE WAS GAY’
• GAY MAN IN IRAN REPORTEDLY KILLED BY HIS OWN FAY
• GAY MAN BEHEAD BY FAY IRAN WHILE PREPARG TO FLEE UNTRY
• IRAN: BTAL MURR OF GAY MAN MT BE FULLY VTIGATED
• GAY IRANIAN MAN AD ALLEGED 'HONOR KILLG,' RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

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.

Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old gay Iranian man, was killed an alleged "honor killg. Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year old Iranian man, was behead what an Iranian human-rights group says was an "honor killg" by fay members after they learned he was gay.

But Iranian human-rights activists have said is emblematic of a daily persecutn that gay people Iran face.

"The Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia' is g up on Monday (May 17), " Okan Sengun, the executive director and founr of the LGBT Asylum Project, said.

GAY IRANIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY FAY DAYS BEFORE SEEKG ASYLUM

Homosexualy is nsired a psychologil disease IranWhile beg gay is forbidn Iran and punishable by ath, the law allows gay men to fo ary service. "Homosexualy is also nsired a psychologil disease Iran, and the ary's ary board n exempt a gay man om service if they are emed homosexual after an examatn, " she add. "I thk their hate of homosexualy was so huge that they cid to kill him, " she May 4, Monfared ma the fal preparatns for his parture.

The activist hop the vios rm people of queer people's liv Iran, where punishments for beg gay range om 100 lash of the whip to, the munitns director for the Center for Human Rights Iran, said homophobia was wispread the untry. "In the days followg the killg, Okan Sengun of the LGBT Asylum Project said he received many emails om gay Iranians who were heartbroken by Monfared's ath.

IRAN: MURR OF GAY MAN HIGHLIGHTS DANGERS OF STATE-SANCTNED AB AGAST LGBTI PEOPLE

Alireza Monfared, a 20-year-old who was gay, was allegedly killed by fay members, jt days before he uld leave Iran to seek asylum, acrdg to multiple of his early May ath ma headl the U. "I believe the exact term for this horrendo murr is gay-killg rather than the general term of honor-killg, " Ma Khani, an Iranian LGBTQ and women's rights activist based Germany, told ABC News. "Of urse the motive of such murrs by fay members is to fend the 'honor' of the tribe or fay, but we should never fet the social stigma and hatred nstantly reproduced by the social and legal nstcts agast LGBTQ members, " she this area of the world face enormo dangers for beg openly gay.

Acrdg to Human Rights Watch, nearly 15 untri the Middle East and Northern Ai crimalize homosexualy, leadg to punishments that clu prison, lash and even the ath penalty. But 's people their lol villag and muni that have many gay dividuals sred. A woman monstrat agast the suatn Iran durg the Christopher Street Day gay pri para Berl on June 19, 2010.

HORRIFIC KILLG OF YOUNG GAY MAN PUTS PLIGHT OF IRAN'S LGBT COMMUNY IN SPOTLIGHT

Iranian law stat that men over the age of 18 need to serve the ary before they may leave the untry, but homosexualy is classified unr "psychologil disorrs, " which n lead to an exemptn om service. We are still aaid of the regime makg a database of gay and transgenr people and puttg them unr prsure whenever they want, " Shadi Am, an LGBTQ activist based Germany, told ABC ia of receivg an exemptn rd is leavg many gay and trans Iranians worried they'd be brand and vulnerable to harassment and discrimatn. "It n be an immediate threat to gay men who receive this rd, " Am said.

A RD EXEMPTED A GAY MAN OM SERVG IRAN’S ARY. IT MAY HAVE ST HIM HIS LIFE

"People hold banners prottg agast discrimatn and persecutn agast homosexuals Iran, July 28, 2007, ont of the Eiffel tower Meda/AFP via Getty Imag, File Mahdi, a 36-year-old Iranian gay man who did not want to e his full name over safety ncerns, told ABC News that hearg the news of Monfared's murr broke his heart. "My own boyiend was already hant to e gay people's ary exemptn. "Bis the immediate threat that many gay exempts face now, such way of verage and the prsure om outsi of the untry is not likely to have any impact on the illogil and nservative officials Iran, " he said.

The horrifyg murr of a 20-year-old gay man Iran has shed new light on how the crimalizatn of nsensual same-sex sexual nduct and genr non-nformy perpetuat systemic vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people (LGBTI), said Amnty Internatnal a tailed analysis issued to mark the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex-phobia and Transphobia.

Friends of Alireza Fazeli Monfared, who intified as a non-bary gay man, told Amnty Internatnal that he was abducted by several male relativ his hometown of Ahvaz, Khuztan provce, on 4 May 2021.

IRANIAN MAN ‘BEHEAD BY HIS BROTHER AND S AFTER THEY FOUND OUT HE WAS GAY’

Alireza Fazeli Monfared’s btal murr expos the adly nsequenc of state fuelled homophobia and is a tragic remr of the urgent need to repeal laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex relatns and genr non-nformy. “Alireza Fazeli Monfared’s btal murr expos the adly nsequenc of state fuelled homophobia and is a tragic remr of the urgent need to repeal laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex relatns and genr non-nformy.

The laws foster a permissive climate for homophobic and transphobic hate crim and legimize vlent, cludg adly, attacks agast people on the grounds of their real or perceived sexual orientatn or genr inty., ” said Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Ai at Amnty Internatnal. Acrdg to dividuals terviewed by Amnty Internatnal who had known Alireza Fazeli Monfared for months or years prr to his murr, cludg his partner and a close iend, he had faced years of homophobic and transphobic harassment and ath threats by several male relativ bee he did not nform to the bary soc-cultural genr stereotyp and “norms” Iran.

The 20-year-old Iranian had hoped to pe the untry, where he felt stifled by the Iranian regime’s rtrictns on homosexualy, and had dreams of molg or beg a make-up artist, his partner Aghil Abiat told CNN. But on May 4, Fazeli-Monfared was killed, possibly after his extend fay disvered that he was gay through a ary service exemptn rd that arrived the mail, acrdg to Abiat and the Iranian LGBTQ anizatn 6Rang.

GAY MAN IN IRAN REPORTEDLY KILLED BY HIS OWN FAY

Always seethg the background, however, was buildg fay prsure and Iran’s dranian laws agast homosexualy that make same-sex relatns a potential pal offense. The most obv one is by law but there is also a lot of homophobia society pendg on where you are and which mographic you belong to … the fay n sometim be the most dangero place, ” Tara Sepehri Far, Iran rearcher at HRW. Alireza received one … ditg that he was gay, which is permissible unr … the ary exemptn laws.

GAY MAN BEHEAD BY FAY IRAN WHILE PREPARG TO FLEE UNTRY

Iran allows exemptns for gay men om s mandatory ary service unr a medil tegory for mental health disorrs. AN IRANIAN man was btally murred by his fay after they disvered he was gay, acrdg to reports. Ali Fazel Monfared, 20, who self intified as a non-bary gay man, was found ad unr a palm tree the village of Bomi, Iran, followg a spected homophobic ‘honour killg.

4Acrdg to reports was btally murred by members of his fay bee he was gayCred: Instagram. The group allegedly said that Mr Monfared had been killed over his ary exemptn - which n dite homosexualy to officials. Homosexualy is punishable by executn the untry.

IRAN: BTAL MURR OF GAY MAN MT BE FULLY VTIGATED

Many gay people are also murred 'honour killgs' rried out by their own fai, who believe their sexualy brgs shame.

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

"Cultural attus society towards homosexualy are a leral life or ath problem. "Alireza received one by ditg that he was gay, which is permissible unr Paragraph 5, Article 7 of the ary exemptn laws. Cops probe 'disgraceful' vio of builrs hurlg homophobic abe at uple their garn.