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<p>Activists say that two gay men have been executed in Iran for "Perversion"</p>
<p>by Newsdesk | 4th March 2014</p><p></p><p>The Washington F<a href="http://freebeacon.com/iran-executes-two-for-perversion/">reebeacon</a> is reporting that activists, who are tracking the situation, claim that two gay men have been hanged in Iran on Sunday and a third has been sentenced for "insulting the prophet." </p><p></p><p>The two men were held in a prison near Rasht. Iran is still one of the only countries that has a capital punishment for homosexuality.</p><p></p><p>Until Sunday there had been no reports of executions in Iran for being gay since 2005, (when Mahmoud Asgari,16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18 were publicly hanged), despite it being an activity which carries a death penalty.</p><p></p><p>
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<p></p><p>The Washington Freebeacon also reports that 'Iranian authorities have hanged 40 individuals in a two-week period. Iran is executing at least two people a day, according to activists.'</p><p></p><p>According to Banafsheh Zand, an Iranian political and human rights activist, not much is known about these executions because the Iranian authorities are sweeping the hangings 'under the rug'.</p><p></p><p>We've not been able to confirm these reports.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id616631043?mt=8&uo=4&at=11luiF">Read this and other stories on our free app for iTunes</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n52474532">or for Android phones</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id770600575?mt=8&uo=4&at=11luiF">Download our latest edition of TheGayUK on your Apple Device</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.presspadapp.thegayuk">Download our latest edition of TheGayUK on your Android Device</a></p><p></p><p>
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Activists say that two gay men have been executed in Iran for "Perversion"
by Newsdesk | 4th March 2014
The Washington Freebeacon is reporting that activists, who are tracking the situation, claim that two gay men have been hanged in Iran on Sunday and a third has been sentenced for "insulting the prophet."
The two men were held in a prison near Rasht. Iran is still one of the only countries that has a capital punishment for homosexuality.
Until Sunday there had been no reports of executions in Iran for being gay since 2005, (when Mahmoud Asgari,16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18 were publicly hanged), despite it being an activity which carries a death penalty.
The Washington Freebeacon also reports that 'Iranian authorities have hanged 40 individuals in a two-week period. Iran is executing at least two people a day, according to activists.'
According to Banafsheh Zand, an Iranian political and human rights activist, not much is known about these executions because the Iranian authorities are sweeping the hangings 'under the rug'.
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