Two gay men in Iran, a country where homosexuality is banned, have been executed after being sentenced to six years in prison.
Mehrad Karibour and Farid Mohammadi were hanged in a prison 310 miles from Tehran, where they were convicted of sodomy.
Iran is considered one of the most oppressive parts of the world in terms of LGBTQI community rights
The news of the hanging was confirmed in a report by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), according to the Daily Mail.
He added that Iran has not yet officially announced the deaths.
Sheina Vojoudi, who escaped from Iran and fled to Germany, told the Jerusalem Post that Iran’s prisons were “full of people who have not committed any crime.”
LGBTQI rights activist Peter Tuchel said the execution was part of “a long-standing regime policy of killing gay men, often with controversial charges following unjust trials at Amnesty International and Amnesty International.”
He added that “the international community must impose sanctions on regime officials, judges and prison staff who have approved these executions – and on those responsible for many other human rights abuses in Iran.”
Iranian-American journalist Karmel Melamed tweeted US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to express his “outrage”.
Last May, 20-year-old gay Fazeli Monfared was abducted by male relatives and killed in an Iranian province.
Speaking about the murder, Amnesty International wrote: “LGBTQI people in Iran face widespread discrimination, live in constant fear of harassment, arrest and prosecution, and remain vulnerable to violence and persecution based on sexual orientation and sexual orientation. their gender identity “.
HRANA added that in July 2021, two other men were executed on the same charges and that last year Iran executed 299 people, including four children.
In 2021, Iran sentenced 85 people to death.
Last year, a UN report found that in Iran, “gay, bisexual and trans children were electrocuted and given hormones and strong psychotropic drugs,” Pink News reported.
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