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Iran executes three men on homosexuality charges
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Friday September 16, 2011 14:34 by John Cornford
Convicts were sentenced to death 'for acts against the Sharia law and bad deeds' Iran hangs men for having gay sex. Confirmed by the Iranian news agency ISNA Iran. Full story at Mohammad Mostafaei, a prominent Iranian lawyer who has represented people accused of homosexuality and now lives in exile in Norway, said in an email: "It is not clear whether these three men had any lawyers or were tried without legal representation. Who are their lawyers? I believe they are innocent. |