Iran

Save the Life of LGBT Activist Kiana Firouz

Iranian lesbian activist Kiana Firouz is currently seeking asylum in the United Kingdom after a controversy over the upcoming release of Cul de Sac. The film, which stars Firouz and includes explicit lesbian sex scenes, is based heavily on Firouz’s life and struggles as a lesbian in Iran. Directors Ramin Goudarzi-Nejad and Mahshad Torkan posted Save the Life of LGBT Activist Kiana Firouz

Galloway’s Iranian Propaganda? Anti-gay?

Sex abuse allegations – where’s the evidence? Mehdi Kazemi’s boyfriend defamed LONDON, 13 March 2008 – George Galloway MP is accused of mouthing “the propaganda of the Iranian dictatorship” after he claimed on the Channel 5 TV talk show The Wright Stuff this morning that the boyfriend of gay asylum seeker Mehdi Kazemi was executed Galloway’s Iranian Propaganda? Anti-gay?

Iranian LGBTs deserve asylum

Activists Arsham Parsi and Peter Tatchell explain the life-threatening situation for lesbian and gay people in Iran, during the BBC News (12 March 2008) item on gay asylum seeker, Mehdi Kazemi.

Iran meeting at House of Commons

London – 19 July 2006: Public meeting at the House of Commons to mark the first anniversary of Iran’s hanging of two gay teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, in the city of Mashhad on 19 July 2005. © OutRage! 1990-2010. You are free to use this photo to illustrate news stories and articles about Iran meeting at House of Commons

Iran Hangings

Hanging of gay teens in Mashad, Iran, 19 July 2005.