Iran purportedly executes 2 gay men over sodomy charges (CBS)

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Iran purportedly executes 2 gay men over sodomy charges

— Iran has executed two gay men who were convicted on charges of sodomy and spent six years on death row, a rights group reported. Homosexuality is illegal in Iran, which is considered one of the most repressive places in the world for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

According to a report on Sunday by the Human Rights Activists News Agency, the two men were identified as Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi.

They were sentenced to death for "forced sexual intercourse between two men" and hanged in a prison in the northwestern city of Maragheh, some 310 miles from the capital, Tehran.

Last July, two other men were executed on the same charges in Maragheh, the group said. It added that last year, Iran executed 299 people, including four convicted of crimes committed as children. Also in 2021, Iran sentenced 85 people to death.

Last October, the U.N.'s independent investigator on human rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman told the U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee that Iran continues to implement the death penalty "at an alarming rate."

Under Iranian law, sodomy, rape, adultery, armed robbery and murder are among crimes that can lead to the death penalty.

I wonder how much the adultery law is enforced?

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1. Such horrific places! Excellent question: "I wonder how much the adultery law is enforced?" n/t

[JT45242]

2. for the woman -- or the man?

I would venture a guess that the double standard there is pretty large.

The US is still the highest industrialized nation. With Trump's 10 federal executions that he rushed through in 6 months we were #7 last year.

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3. Iran

Having served in Muslim countries similar to Iran, I can say that this is a hypocritical act of gargantuan proportions. Adult men in these societies often seek out teenage boys for sex, but since for some reason they are not seen as “gay”, it’s seen as being ok.