• Iran: New executions of homosexuals

    Iran: New executions of homosexuals

    Ghavami Chahzanjiru Abdullah and Salman Ghanbari Chahzanjiri were hanged in southern Iran on August 6 dernier..Suivant authorities they were executed for “consensual sodomy”. Their death was dictated by the need for a “safer community ” In Iran, where the age of majority is 15 years, homosexual relations between consenting adults are illegal and punishable by…