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Thursday, July 28, 2005

Tragic end for two Iranian Loverboys - By Carlos Iskandar


Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:29:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Carlos Iskandar" (carlos_isqandar@yahoo.com) - Add to Address Book
Subject: July 21, 2005 - IRAN EXECUTES 2 GAY TEENAGERS
To: lea_laurielle@yahoo.com


July 21, 2005 - IRAN EXECUTES 2 GAY TEENAGERS

Two gay Iranian teenagers -- one 18, the other believed to be 16 or 17, were executed this week for the "crime" of homosexuality, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported on July 19. (The ISNA report is in Farsi, and was translated into English by the British gay rights group OutRage!, which released its report today--ISNA also provided the terrifying photos of the teens' last moments you see on this page.) The two youths -- identified only by their initials as M.A. and A.M., were hanged in Edalat (Justice) Square in the city of Mashhad in north-eastern Iran, on the orders of Court No. 19. The hanging of the teens was also reported by the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Kesiannn kesiannnn....


Consensual gay sex in any form is punishable by death in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the website Age of Consent, which monitors such laws around the world, in Iran "Homosexuality is illegal, those charged with love-making are given a choice of four deathstyles: being hanged, stoned, halved by a sword, or dropped from the highest perch. According to Article 152, if two men not related by blood are discovered naked under one cover without good reason, both will be punished at a judge's discretion. Gay teens (Article 144) are also punished at a judge's discretion. Rubbing one's penis between the thighs without penetration (tafheed) shall be punished by 100 lashes for each offender. This act, known to the English-speaking world as frottage,' is punishable by death if the 'offender' is a non-Muslim. If frottage is thrice repeated and penalty-lashes have failed to stop such repetitions, upon the fourth 'offense' both men will be put to death. According to Article 156, aperson who repents and confesses his gay behavior prior to his identification by four witnesses, may be pardoned. Even kissing 'with lust' (Article 155) is forbidden. This bizarre law works to eliminate old Persian male-bonding customs, including common kissing and holding hands in public." And Outrage, in its release about the gay teens' execution, noted that, "according to Iranian human rights campaigners, over 4000 lesbians and gay men have been executed since the Ayatollahs seized power in 1979. Last August, a 16-year-old girl was hanged for 'acts incompatible with chastity.' "

A few minutes of fame sebelum dihukum gantung! Kesian kan?


In the case of the two teens hanged in Mashhad, "They admitted having gay sex (probably under torture) but claimed in their defense that most young boys had sex with each other and that they were not aware that homosexuality was punishable by death," according to the ISNA report as translated by Outrage. "Prior to their execution, the gay teenagers were held in prison for 14 months and severely beaten with 228 lashes. The length of their detention suggests that they committed the so-called offenses more than a year earlier, when they were possibly around the age of 16."

Ruhollah Rezazadeh, the lawyer of the younger of the two boys, had appealed that he was too young to be executed and that the court should take into account his tender age (believed to be 16 or 17). But the Supreme Court in Tehran Ordered him to be hanged.

Mek tak tahu nak kate ape dah...


"I was so sad reading this article, so I felt that I wanted to share it with everybody (not the sadness lah). Can't say much about this but I am counting my blessing, cuma sama-samalah kita ambil ikhtibar dari artikel nie...." - Carlos Isqandar

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LEA: Kesiannn kesiannn... isk isk isk... kesiannn kesiannn (sambil2 kesian, sambil2 takut jugak kang blog mek 'kena' pulak sebab issuekan entry nih!) Encik (referring to pihak2 berkuasa), ohhh Encik! Jgn ape2kan saya, hidup dan blog saya also Encik! Saya tak bersalah Encik!!!! (sambil menuding jari kearah CI yang hujung pangkal asal usulnya pon mek satu haprak tarak tau! Ehehehehe) Dak aih, tak der mende lah. Bende nih sekadar utk bacaan dan share share, tu ajo, kan CI kan kan kan? (maaati la mek tak tahu asal usual Guest Writer blog mek! LOL!)

PS- All the three pics in this entry, were in my email which I received several days before CI sent me this entry. Thank you...


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Posted at 4:25:10 pm by Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah

BeBe
July 28, 2005   05:48 PM PDT
 
kesiannyer...

comel la pulak dua budak laki iran ni..

eiskh eiskh
f ee r
July 28, 2005   09:15 PM PDT
 
subhanallah...
Moga Allah merahmati bumi yang melunaskan hukuman agamaNya.
awan
July 29, 2005   08:47 AM PDT
 
sedihnya.....

fanaticism or extremism? entah2 org yg decide hukum gantung ni pun pernah main ngan jantina yg sama.

ova!
Dayang Marcy Anthonia
July 30, 2005   04:29 AM PDT
 
i know im not suppose to be sayin this.. but.. they are kinda cute dont u think? such a shame!



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