Human rights organizations posted photos of the women on social media, explaining that they are activists of the LGBTI community.
Two women sentenced to death in Iran with her charge “corruption on earth” and human trafficking, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
Human rights organizations posted photos of the women on social media, claiming they were activists. of the LGBTI community.
“Contrary to information published online, the convicts lured young women and girls out of the country with the promise that they would be able to get an education and work, thereby driving many of their victims to commit suicide,” it said. IRNA.
According to the organization Hengaw, which records human rights violations in Kurdistan, it is Zahra Sediki Hamedani, 31 years old, and Elham Chubdar, 24 years old, who have been held for months in the central prison of Urmia in Iran.
In January, Urmia’s public prosecutor’s office charged them with “corruption on earth” for “promoting homosexuality”, “promoting Christianity” and “contacting media that are opposed to the Islamic Republic”.
In March Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called homosexuality part of the “immorality” that is widespread in Western culture.
Western aid groups have repeatedly criticized Iran for its treatment of members of the LGBTI community. Under Iran’s criminal law, homosexual acts can be punished with the death penalty.
Iran often executes men on charges of homosexuality. The last execution for this reason took place in January, with the two convicts having spent six years awaiting execution.
Homosexual women are usually sentenced to 100 lashes and officially face the death penalty only if they reoffend.
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