Posted on 03/04/2014 6:59:06 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Iran Executes Two for ‘Perversion’
Third dealt death sentence for ‘insulting the prophet’
Iran executed two gay men on Sunday for the crime of “perversion” and has sentenced a third individual to death for “insulting the prophet,” according to human rights activists tracking the situation.
The head of Iran’s judiciary department in the northern city of Rasht announced on Sunday that two homosexual men had been executed for “perversion,” which is considered a severe crime under Iran’s hardline Islamic law.
The executions come less than two months after Iranian authorities publicly hanged 40 individuals in a two-week period. Iran is executing at least two people a day, according to activists.
Executions in Iran have surged over the past year with well more than 500 being killed for crimes ranging from “waging war against God” to misdemeanor drug charges that would carry minimal penalties in Western countries.
State-sanctioned killings have spiked since the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who initially vowed to address the issue.
Not much is known about the two men executed over the weekend due to Iranian efforts to sweep such executions under the rug, according to Banafsheh Zand, an Iranian political and human rights activist.
The two men had been held in central prison near Rasht before being killed. The crime of “perversion” is a cover-all under Iran’s hardline brand of Sharia law and typically accounts for offenses that are seen as going “against morality,” according to Zand.
The Iranian Judiciary also upheld the death sentence for a 34-year-old man who was arrested at his home and charged with “insulting the Prophet.”
Rouhollah Tavana was seized by authorities in 2011.
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Islam vs. Homosexuality ... this should be a great show.
This is a great financial opportunity for the airline industry - one way tickets for LBGTXJRPKLUX people to Iran, paid for by Harry Reid. A wonderful opportunity to wave the fag for the Dimocrat party.
The gays need their own ‘promised land’
I wonder when Obama and all the other queers are going to go to Iran and protest for gay rights? Oh yeah, it’s not like Russia where you might get beaten, maybe, and get put in jail.
It could be worse - they could refuse to bake them a wedding cake or something.
Does ii count as perversion if your camel roommate And you are both the same sex?
Does ii count as perversion if your camel roommate And you are both the same sex?
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Not unless the Camel submits a written report.
Ok. I’ll be sure not to give my camel any paper then
Don’t they already have San Francisco and the rest of the state of California? Then there’s Boston.
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