A 20-year-old gay man was reportedly brutally murdered by members of his own family in a so-called “honor killing” in Iran last week.Alireza Fazeli-Monfared had plans to flee the country to Turkey to meet his refugee boyfriend when he was beheaded by his own half-brother and cousins.Journalist Masih Alinejad tweeted the news on May 7, writing: “Rest in peace Alireza Fazeli Monfared.
This 20-year-old beautiful soul from Iran was brutally killed by his brother & cousins for being gay as part of an honour killing.“Iran’s LGBTQ community is brutalised both by the regime & by bigotry in certain families.”Fazeli-Monfared had just received an exemption from serving in the military because of “sexual depravities.” The document outed him;.