Alireza Fazeli Monfared, a gay man, has reportedly been murdered by his brother and cousins in Iran last week because of homophobia.
He was 20 years old.His sexuality was discovered by his family when his military exemption service card arrived. In Iran military service is mandatory but a person can be excused if they are gay.
IranWire reports that Monfared was not home when the card arrived and his brother saw it. It has been reported that he was then taken by his brother and some other family members to the nearby town of Borumi under the pretext that his father wanted to speak with him.