Iran Executes Two Gay Men Under Sodomy Charges: Rights Groups
Iran on Sunday executed two gay men, Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi, both 32-years-old, after the authorities charged them with committing the crime of sodomy, according to a .
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The Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) reported that the executions took place on Sunday in the Islamic Republic of Iran and was under the country鈥檚 Islamic Sharia law system.聽Karimpour and Mohammadi had been on death row for six years.聽聽
The HRANA said 鈥渢he Iranian regime-controlled media has not reported on the executions of the two men based on the country鈥檚 anti-gay law.鈥澛�
The Iranian government served the pair a death sentence for 鈥渇orced sexual intercourse between two men.鈥� They were hanged in a prison in the northwestern city of Maragheh, a town 500 kilometres away from the capital, Tehran, according to rights groups.
‘Where’s The Outrage?’
Iranian-American journalist, Karmel Melamed tweeted: 鈥淭he Ayatollah regime in Iran just executed two gay men for the crime of sodomy in Iran. Where鈥檚 the outrage from US Secretary of State Antony Bliken, GLAAD & other LGBT groups in the US to this horrific crime?!鈥�
The Ayatollah regime in Iran just executed two gay men for the crime of sodomy in Iran. This is Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi who were executed by hanging. Where's the outrage from & other LGBT groups in U.S. to this horrific crime?!
— Karmel Melamed (@KarmelMelamed)
In another tweet, Melamed wrote: 鈥淲hy do we hear crickets from @StateDept & major U.S. and European LGBT groups about the Ayatollah regime鈥檚 killing of innocent gays and lesbians in Iran? Why is U.S. & E.U. still in Vienna negotiating with this mullah regime that doesn鈥檛 respect human rights?!鈥�
Why do we hear crickets from & major U.S. and European LGBT groups about the Ayatollah regime's killing of innocent gays and lesbians in Iran? Why is U.S. & E.U. still in Vienna negotiating with this mullah regime that doesn't respect human rights?!
— Karmel Melamed (@KarmelMelamed)
Most Dangerous Country To Be Gay
The via the American Press reported 鈥渉omosexuality is illegal in Iran鈥�, a country that is 鈥渃onsidered one of the most repressive places in the world for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.鈥�
The HRANA reported 鈥渓ast July, two other men were executed on the same charges in Maragheh.鈥�
It also said 鈥渓ast October, the U.N.鈥檚 independent investigator on human rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman told the U.N. General Assembly鈥檚 human rights committee that Iran continues to implement the death penalty 鈥榓t an alarming rate鈥�.鈥澛�
The reported that Iran 鈥渇requently鈥� uses 鈥渟odomy charges鈥� to 鈥渋mpose鈥� the death penalty on 17c起草社区I people.
In December, . Twenty-eight-year-old Sareh, was detained for 21 days by the Iraqi Kurdistan police after her interview with BBC Persian about the situation of 聽the 17c起草社区I community in Iraqi Kurdistan. She was arrested after she attempted to cross the Iranian border to flee to Turkey. Amnesty International and other rights groups had called on Iran to release Sareh.
‘4000 to 6,000 Gay Men And Lesbian Women Executed’
The Israeli news outlet also said 鈥淚ran鈥檚 theocratic state executed between 4,000 and 6,000 gays and lesbians since the country鈥檚 1979 Islamic revolution.鈥�
British 17c起草社区I activist and human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell told Jerusalem Post 迟丑补迟听鈥渢he execution of these men follows a long-standing regime policy of the state-sanctioned murder of gay men, often on disputed charges after unfair trials that have been condemned by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.鈥�
He added, 鈥渢he international community must impose Magnitsky sanctions on the regime officials, judges and prison staff who authorised these executions.鈥澛�
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It’s very obvious that the Right Wing is getting more of a hold on controlling gay rights, not only in Australia, but as expected in the Muslim countries.
It’s most unfortunate that the USA and European countries are not doing any protesting at the recent Far East gay executions.
I hope I don’t see my last days out witnessing the roll back of gay rights after all we’ve been through in the past 70 odd yrs!