Two teens executed in Iran for being gay!

[Siamanto]

According to Iranian human-rights campaigners, over 4,000 lesbians and gay men have been executed since the ayatollahs seized power in 1979,” he said. “Altogether, an estimated 100,000 Iranians have been put to death over the last 26 years of clerical rule.

The above states that 4% of Iranians put to death were homosexuals. That is in line with the percentage of homosexuals in Western Societies.

Percentage of Homosexuality In The West

Home and Family Statistics (US Census)

If the above is also - more or less - true about the Iranian Society, then is there really an anti-homosexual bias?
Thus spoke the devil's advocate!

PS. I believe that homosexuality is a personal choice. I have no reasons to condemn it or glorify it!
Also, I am categorically opposed to the death penalty!

[KotayKoskesh]

I think it's nice that they do this ..these people are discunftional

[skhara]

I don't think its our job to critisize Iran. Let the Iranian people figure out what it is they want.

[TJ]

You dont go to jail for sodomy in Armenia, at least not anymore. If they raped a 13 year old, which is highly possible i see nothing wrong with this. Dont the persians have any propoganda films or something, maybe they could have tried to change their minds before they hung them.

[nakharar]

They executed a pedophile murderer in Iran just a few months ago. One of the victims' mother stabbed the guy in the back and was kicked by others in the crowd before they hanged him with a crane. In this case he definitely deserved what happened to him.

About these two, I don't know. Even though I don't like homosexuals at all that's not the way to deal with them.

[skhara]

I don't think its our job to critisize Iran. Let the Iranian people figure out what it is they want.

I made an important typo there. What I meant was, that its not.

They executed a pedophile murderer in Iran just a few months ago. One of the victims' mother stabbed the guy in the back and was kicked by others in the crowd before they hanged him with a crane. In this case he definitely deserved what happened to him.

About these two, I don't know. Even though I don't like homosexuals at all that's not the way to deal with them.

I agree with you here. It's hard to really comment on this though.

[karoaper]

You dont go to jail for sodomy in Armenia, at least not anymore. If they raped a 13 year old, which is highly possible i see nothing wrong with this. Dont the persians have any propoganda films or something, maybe they could have tried to change their minds before they hung them.

You're right. I didn't follow up on the old penal code. Europe pressed us into repealing the anti-sodomy law. It was removed in 2003.

[CatWoman]

If they raped a 13 year old, which is highly possible i see nothing wrong with this. Dont the persians have any propoganda films or something, maybe they could have tried to change their minds before they hung them.

The 13 year old probably willingly had sex with 'em, then freaked out and went and told his parents and they reported it as a rape... The Iranian police tortured the two boys until they admit to having sex with other boys in order to have a legal excuse to hang them... So basically, they weren't hung for raping someone, they were hung for being gay. Besides, one of the two was only 16... Way to young to receive the death penalty over something like that.

[Navid]

Re: Two teens executed in Iran for being gay!

No matter how much one may disagree with homosexuality, killing someone is simply phucking stupid, and phuck Iran and backward fundamentalists.

Interesting how the moderator is allowed to swear!!!If you have beef with the regime, direct your anger at them and not the whole country. Imagine if someone said the same thing about Armenia.

[Էլիա]

Re: Two teens executed in Iran for being gay!

I think this is just wrong and disturbing!