Tuesday, November 13, 2007

'Gays should be hanged', Iranian leader tells peace conference

wait...i thought Mahmoud Ahmedinejad said there were no gays in Iran??

not so fast...OF COURSE THERE ARE, and they don't please allah...
Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learnt.

Mohsen Yahyavi is the highest-ranked politician to admit that Iran believes in the death penalty for homosexuality after a spate of reports that gay youths were being hanged.
the story is extra notable for a Pet Shop Boys reference.
The Pet Shop Boys dedicated Fundamental, their Grammy-nominated album, to Mahmoud Asqari and Ayad Marhouni, who were hanged in Justice Square in Mashhad in 2005. Graphic photographs of the execution of the youths, who were under 18 when arrested, were released by the Iranian Students News Agency.

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