Iran executes another queer
From: PGLO - Communications Coordinator [mailto:pglo@pglo.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:42 AM Subject: Iran Executed another person for same-sex relationship
Iran Executed another person for same-sex relationship http://www.irna.com/fa/news/view/line-14/8508234483172234.htm
Translated by: Hossein Alizadeh
This just came in from Iran’s state-run News Agency, IRNA:
A Delinquent Person was Executed in Kermanshah IRNA: Tuesday, Nov 14, 2006
Shahab Darvishsi, a delinquent person was executed in the Azadi
Square of Kermanshah on Tuesday evening.
According to the Communications Department of the Justice Department
of the Kermanshah Province, the above-mentioned was found guilty [ by
the court of law] of forming a coterie of corruption rings, physical
assaults , and the despicable act of sodomy.
According to this report, his death sentence was issued by the Second
Court of the town of Sahneh. The verdict was upheld by the Second
Appeal Court of Kermanshah and the Twenty Seventh Branch of the
Supreme Court.
Hundreds of Kermanshah’s residents were present at the scene of the
execution. They were supportive of the Judicial System’s decision and
called for adopting a tough stance against criminals and disturbing
elements.
Taraneh Forouhar Communications Coordinator Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization – PGLO (Recently Renamed IRanian Queer Organization – IRQO) www.pglo.net pglo@pglo.net 001-416-548-4171