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Last edited: November 24, 2007
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Iran
- Statute: Sharia law
- Penalty: Imprisonment, torture, and death
“According to Iranian human rights campaigners,
over 4,000 lesbians and gay men have been executed since the Ayatollahs seized
power in 1979. Altogether, an estimated 100,000 Iranians have been put to
death over the last 26 years of clerical rule.”
—Outrage!
campaigner Peter Tatchell, July 27, 2005
News
- British
Government Releases Iran Hanging Documents - Pink
News, November 21, 2007
- Gay
Muslims Unveiled in 'Jihad for Love' - The
Nation, November 17, 2007
- Top Judge Halts
Iran Execution - 365Gay.com,
November 15, 2007
Iran's Chief Justice has halted the execution of 21 year old man who
allegedly had sex with another male when the accused was only 13 years old
an international human rights group reports.
- Iranian Official
Confirms Gay Executions - 365Gay.com,
November 13, 2007
In a meeting between Iranian and British parliamentarians a high ranking
Iranian politician has for the first time acknowledged that the Islamic
state upholds the death penalty for homosexuality.
- 'I
was forced to flee Iran' - Xtra,
October 25, 2007
Iranian gays do exist and need the world's support.
I was born in September 1980, in Iran. As a teenager growing up in Shiraz,
I was lonely and filled with self-loathing. I had never met another queer,
and I thought I was a freak.
- Iran:
End Arrests on Immorality Charges - 247Gay.com,
May 20, 2007
Iran’s arbitrary arrests of thousands of men and women in recent weeks
under the banner of “countering immoral behavior” threaten basic
rights to privacy, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
- 87 Gay Men Arrested in Iran
- U.K. Gay.com, May 15, 2007
Eighty seven gay men were arrested at a private house party in Iran on May
10th, according to the Toronto-based Iranian Queer Organisation, IRQO.
- Dozens of Gays
Reportedly Arrested in Iran - 365Gay.com,
May 14, 2007
A western LGBT organization for gay Iranians says it has learned police
have arrested as many as 87 gays at a private house party.
- Urgent Press
Release about the Arrest of 80 Young Men in Esfahan, Iran - IRanian
Queer Organization, May 14, 2007
According to new information from Iran, the 80 young men arrested are
under severe torture and pressure by Iranian authorities but have not been
officially charged yet. Right now, they are held on the account of
participation in a party where alcohol beverages were found, music was
playing and young people were dancing. Further, they found 16 young men
who were wearing costumes. It is worth to note that in Iran it is very
common for young people to participate in costume parties where
individuals wear different outfits.
- Change
Sex or Die - Gay City News,
May 10, 2007
The situation of the transgendered in Iran has been the subject of
frequent media reports that paint a rosy picture of life for them in the
Islamic Republic, and which characterize Tehran - in a recent description
in the U.K. daily The Guardian - as "the unlikely sex-change capital
of the world."
- Babak Fled Iran
to Turkey Again with Your Help - IRanian
Queer Organization, May 2, 2007
Babak, the Iranian Gay Blogger, who was deported to Iran from Turkey ,
managed to go back to Turkey after he was released on bail. He reported to
UN and stayed in Turkey as an asylum seeker.
- Help an Iranian Gay in Pakistan - IRanian
Queer Organization, April 22, 2007
- Gay
Iranian Writer and Activist Seeking Refugee Status Returned to Iran by
Turkish Police - 247Gay.com,
April 20, 2007
An urgent appeal on
behalf of a courageous Iranian gay activist and writer who was deported
back to Iran from Turkey two weeks ago was made Wednesday night by the
Canadian-based Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO).
- A Gay Iranian Activist
Needs Your Help - IRanian Queer
Organization – IRQO, April 17, 2007
- Upset
as Gay Iranian Wins Asylum but Catholic Fails - New
Zealand Herald, February 6, 2007
- Iran Hangs
Another Man on Sodomy Charge - The
Advocate, November 16, 2006
- Convicted
Man Publicly Hanged for Sodomy, Battering - Agence France-Presse,
November 15, 2006
An Iranian man convicted of sodomy was publicly hanged in the western town
of Kermanshah, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- Dutch Grant Special Asylum Rights to Gay Iranians
- Reuters, October 18,
2006
The Dutch government has granted special asylum rights to Iranian
homosexuals, despite earlier comments by Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk
who said they were safe so long as they were discrete.
- Uncertain
Future for Gay Iranians in Europe - Queerty,
October 10, 2006
- Sweden Renews
Expelling Gay Refugees to Iran - 365Gay.com,
October 1, 2006
- Gay Iranian to be
Deported - The Local,
September 29, 2006
- Sweden
Renews Expulsion of Gay Refugees to Iran - Radio
Sweden, September 29, 2006
Sweden has again started expelling Iranian homosexuals seeking asylum here
– ending the freeze which went into effect after the public hangings of
2 teen-age gays in Iran over a year ago.
- Three
Bishops Denounce Visit to Cathedral by Former Iranian President - The
Living Church Foundation, September 5, 2006
- Gay
Iranians Praise World Support - PinkNews,
August 9, 2006
An underground gay Iranian magazine has expressed thanks for the
“solidarity” shown by other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
groups in highlighting their cause.
- Germany
Refuses to Deport Lesbian to Iran - 365Gay.com,
August 7, 2006
A German court ruled on Monday that an Iranian lesbian cannot be deported
because she risks a death sentence because of her sexuality.
- Plea for Gay
Help in Condemning Iran Executions - 365Gay.com,
August 3, 2006
British LGBT rights group Outrage is calling on gays around the world to
condemn the executions of minority Arabs in Iran.
- World
Activists Mark Anniversary of Gay Iranian Executions - GCN,
July 20, 2006
- Gay Protests
Mark Anniversary of Iran Hangings - 365Gay.com,
July 20, 2006
- Protests,
Dialogue Mark Iranian Teen Deaths - The Advocate,
July 20, 2006
More than two dozen anti-death penalty vigils were held around the world
Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of Iran's hanging of two teens
accused of homosexuality.
- New
Revelations on Execution of Gay Teens in Iran a Year Ago - UK
Gay News, July 16, 2006
“A year-long investigation into this case has revealed that the regime’s
allegations against the two hanged youths, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni,
are riddled with contradictions, implausibilities and outright lies,”
according to Peter Tatchell of OutRage!.
- Gay Executions Under
Spotlight - Gay.com
UK, July 10, 2006
- Gay
and Underground in Iran - Gay
City News, July 6, 2006
- 18
Cities Worldwide Join July 19 Iran Protests - Gay
City News, July 6, 2006
- Do Not
Leave Us Alone, Pleads Gay Iranian - UK
Gay News, June 16, 2006
- Iran Exports
Anti-Gay Pogrom to Iraq - In
These Times, May 31, 2006
- Iranian Christian Deportees Get Reprieve - Expatica,
March
9, 2006
- Gay Iranian
Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands May be Deported - The Advocate, March
9, 2006
- Rights Group Calls for Gay
Asylum Protection - Gay.com
UK, March 8, 2006
- Dutch
Official Moves to Deport Gay Iranians - PlanetOut.com,
March 8, 2006
- Dutch
Officials Should Not Force Choice Between Silence and Death - BBSNews,
March 7, 2006
- Dutch
Official: Send Gay Iranians Home - 365Gay.com,
March 3, 2006
- Kidnapped:
Another Gay Iranian Torture Victim Speaks - ZNet,
January 15, 2006
- International
Gay Group Calls for UN Investigation of Iran - 365Gay.com,
November 30, 2005
- Euro MP Slams
Iranian Gay Hangings - PHX News,
November 29, 2005
- Reports
of Gays Being Executed Raise Concern - RadioFreeEurope,
November 28, 2005
- Save
Us, Gay Iranian Pleads - Gay
City News, November 24, 2005
- Two More
Executions for Homosexual Conduct - Scoop,
November 22, 2005
- Gay
Rights Watchdog Calls for Iran Inquiry - PlanetOut.com,
November 16, 2005
- Iran
Reportedly Executes Two More Gay Men - 365Gay.com,
November 14, 2005
- Holland Freezes Gay Extraditions to Iran - 365Gay.com,
July 31, 2005
- Russian Gay Leaders Appeal Against Executions in
Iran During Special Press Conference in Moscow - GayRussia.Ru,
July 28, 2005
- Iran ‘Must Stop Youth Executions’ - BBC
News, July 28, 2005
- Flaws in Blade Report of Executions in Iran
- Outrage! July 28, 2005
- European Union Criticizes Iran for Executing Gay
Teens - The Advocate,
July 27, 2005
- Iran “Hunting More Gay Teens” - Gay.com
UK, July 27, 2005
- Activists Condemn Execution of Gay Teens - IRIN
News Service, July 26, 2005
- Nobel Laureate Condemns Hanging of Gay Teens in
Iran - The Advocate,
July 26, 2005
- Canada Issues Warning to Gays - 365Gay.com,
July 25, 2005
- Interview with Gay Activist in Iran - Project
GayRussia.Ru, July 25, 2005
- Global Anger Grows Over Teen Executions in Iran
- Gay.com U.K., July 25, 2005
- Iran’s Hanging of 2 Teens Draws Condemnation
- Seattle Times,
July 24, 2005
- Russian Gay Leaders Appeal to Vladimir Putin to
Stop Diplomatic and Trade Relations with Iran Due to Gay Executions - GayRussia.Ru,
July 23, 2005
- Secretary Rice Urged to Condemn Execution of Gay
Iranian Teens - Human Rights Campaign,
July 22, 2005
- Iranian Teens Executed for Homosexuality - Gay.com/PlanetOut.com
Network, July 22, 2005
- Iran Executes Gay Teenagers - Outrage!
July 21, 2005
- Original
Iranian Teen Execution Story - Iranian
Students News Association (ISNA) (pro-government) in Farsi, July 19,
2005
- Iran Accused of Isolating Gays - 365Gay.com,
June 27, 2005
- Gay Iranian Kills Himself
After UK Asylum Appeal Denied - 365Gay.com,
April 20, 2005
- United Nations Official Accuses Iran of
Women’s Rights Abuses - Feminist
Majority, February 10, 2005
- U.N. Expert Raps Iran on Women’s Rights,
Executions - Reuters, February 8, 2005
- Iran to Execute Two Women for “Morality”
Crimes - Feminist Majority,
December 21, 2004
- Sixth Online Journalist Thrown in Prison as
Authorities Reportedly Prepare “Adultery” Charges - Reporters
Without Borders, October 29, 2004
- Iran’s Transsexuals Get Islamic Approval, But!
- Middle
East Online, September 30, 2004
- Iranian Girl Executed for Violating Chastity
Laws - Feminist Majority,
September 24, 2004
- Iran Decriminalizes Sex-Change Operations - The
Advocate, August 3, 2004
- Japan Refuses Sanctuary to Fleeing Gay - 365Gay.com,
April 12, 2004
- Returning Home Would Mean Death, Says Iranian
Student - Gay
People’s Chronicle, February 28, 2003
- Japan Refuses Refugee Status for Gay Iranian
- The Age, February 26, 2004
- Iranians Hanged for Committing “Homosexual
Acts” - The Advocate,
May 14, 2003
- Rights Activist Testifies on Iranian Gay
Asylum-Seeker - Daily Yomiuri,
February 26, 2003
- Iran Ends Stoning of Women for Adultery - Feminist
Majority, January 2, 2003
- The Only Lesbian in Iran - The
Gully, January 23, 2002
- Gay Iranian Desperate to Stay in Japan
- Daily Yomiuri, March 24, 2001
- Sweden: Restrictive Immigration Policy Threatens Gay And Lesbian
Iranians With Deportation, Death - The International Gay and Lesbian Human
Rights Commission, 1998
- Gay Iranian Asylum Seekers in Sweden - ILGA,
1998
Editorials
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Formerly Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization – PGLO
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