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Iran Kills Two Queer Men Over Antigay Law, Rights Groups Report

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The Jerusalem Post. “Human rights websites identified the men as 32-year-old Mehrdad Karimpour & Farid Mohammadi. They were arrested 6 years ago & were in Maragheh prison until their execution.”Same-sex sexual activity is outlawed in Iran; for women, it is punishable with lashing, for men with the death penalty.The theocratic state has previously used its sodomy charge to execute LGBTQ+ people, according to The Jerusalem Post.

The outlet cited research from a 2008 British dispatch that Iran has executed 4,000 to 6,000 LGBTQ+ people since its 1979 Islamic revolution.

Since the revolution, Iran’s laws are dictated by an ultraconservative interpretation of Islam.“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,” journalist Karmel Melamed tweeted with images of the two men.

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