IRAN SENTENCES TWO LGBT ACTIVISTS TO DEATH

  • 06/09/2022

In Iran, two LGBT activists have received death sentences, according to rights organisations.

Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Choubdar, 24, were found guilty of "corruption on Earth" by a court in Urmia.

According to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, they have been charged with promoting Christianity, homosexuality, and contact with media that is critical of the Islamic Republic.

The sentences were later upheld by Iran's judiciary, which clarified that they had to do with human trafficking rather than activism.

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