Three Men Hanged For Having Gay Sex In Iran: Reports

Three men were executed by hanging in Iran for "forbidden acts against religion," according to AFP.

Iran Human Rights explains that the state-run Iranian news agency ISNA reported that the men were put to death for acts against sharia, "based on the articles 108 and 110 of the Iranian Islamic penal code."

Articles 108 and 110 of the penal code are part of the chapter covering the punishment of sodomy, according to Iran Human Rights.

Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking and adultery are other crimes punishable by death in Iran, according to AFP.

In 2007, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed there were no gay people in his country.

"In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country," Ahmadinejad said according to Think Progress. "We don’t have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I don’t know who’s told you we have it.”

In 2005, Human Rights Watch reported on the executions of two men for homosexual conduct.

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[Eagleman]

12:19 PM on 09/14/2011

How Islamic of them...

[SalesmanForLife]

01:37 AM on 09/14/2011

"In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country," Ahmadinejad said according to Think Progress. "We don’t have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I don’t know who’s told you we have it.”

Oh yes, you have the gay. They just know how to avoid making it obvious but I bet there is a hot porn site many of the gay go to. On a humanist note, my best thoughts go to those men who lost their lives because of the rigid controls of the faith based.

[Moksha von Mew Mew]

01:00 AM on 09/14/2011

Murder, rape, armed robbery, drug trafficking, women reading, women learning, women, technology, mens fashion and adultery are other crimes punishable by death in Iran, according to AFP.

[RepublicanDepression]

10:49 AM on 09/13/2011

Thread moved from below where it ran out of room:

Beat: "My apologies for the late response"
No prob. I sympathize­.

Beat: " What point was it for her to do that?"
If you would answer the questions above instead of ducking them, maybe you'd know.

Beat: "And she never said she "rejects the use of religion as an excuse for violence from any religion."­"
Uh, yes she did. Tanya: "People who practice both Islam and Christiani­­ty have used their religion as an excuse for violence, and that's not acceptable from either."

Beat: "What do you know her that ypu can answer for her? "
I just read what she wrote. What do you think she meant by "People who practice both Islam and Christiani­­ty have used their religion as an excuse for violence, and that's not acceptable from either."

Beat: "And why would you even think I would support any1 using violence, be it christian or orther?"

Because you single out all Muslims for intoleranc­e due to the religious violence by some Muslims, but you do not single out all Christians for intoleranc­e due to the religious violence by some Christians­.

Is it hypocritic­al for a person to accuse others of not answering questions while that person is refusing to answer questions?

[jcvaughan2004]

05:15 PM on 09/16/2011

First, based on their atrocious behavior, I do not, cannot and will not accept the regime in Iran as Muslim, any more than I could accept the Nazi regime of Germany as "humanist" or even as "Socialist", National or otherwise. Second, it is a shameful fact that such atrocious violence and inhumanity, often done in the name of religion (Islam, Christianity, etc.) was more frequent and much worse in the past (hanging, beheading, stoning vs. skinning alive, impalement, burning at the stake, being sawed in half).

[RepublicanDepression]

10:10 PM on 09/18/2011

But can't you just as easily say that the US is not "Christian" because of the utter failure of our military policy when it comes to that whole "turn the other cheek" thing?

I see where Nazis claimed to be Christian (among other religious identities), but where did the Nazis claim to be "humanist?"

Of course the Nazis were not Socialist. They were Fascist who persecuted and killed the Socialists. Nazis were no more "Socialist" than Fox News is "Fair and Balanced."

Are you agreeing with what I said or disagreeing?

[QuestionSeeker]

09:52 PM on 09/12/2011

There will never be a sure way to convince homophobes that homophobia is wrong. They will either use justification from a book (the 6 VAGUE references it makes to homosexual sex at all) and they will totally ignore the ones about premarital sex since almost everyone does that one, and they want to believe they will enter heaven. News for you, acts in the bible were thought to be sinful if they were not with a MARRIED couple who had sex for purpose of REPRODUCING. Not pleasure, but reproducing. This is why sex during period was a sin, because it interfered with reproduction, this is why masturbation was a sin, and did anyone consider this could be why ANAL sex was a sin? No...? Do you bash and hate straight couples that have anal sex? Because Im sorry, a LOT do. And if you want to defend your "beliefs" by using your bible, you need to stop cherry picking. But you dont want to do that do you, because if you did, your own sins would be put on the table. And you'd see that everyone sins, every single day. So you will never have a place to say that "gays" are going to hell. EVER.

[SMASH CAPITALISM]

04:14 PM on 09/12/2011

As an ANARCHIST who calls himself SMASH CAPITALISM i cant say as i feel sorry for these people. I HATE LAWS and HATE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT but i also HATE GAYS

[FantasticFourFan]

07:59 PM on 09/12/2011

Then you aren't a real anarchist. Anarchists believe in live and let live. Why are there so many people on here who profess beliefs they know nothing about?

[SMASH CAPITALISM]

09:08 PM on 09/12/2011

I do know something about being an ANARCHIST and i dont really care personally what theyre doing, but i think my HATRED of the LAWS makes me an ANARCHIST enough, even if i do HATE certain groups of people

[SMASH CAPITALISM]

09:08 PM on 09/12/2011

I know anohter ANARCHIST in my MILITIA whos RACIST

[WesStrikesBack]

08:08 PM on 09/12/2011

OK Smash, if capitalism and governments disappeared tomorrow, please describe what happens the next day.

[daily randy]

01:40 PM on 09/12/2011

I watched an interview with Ahmadinejad sometime back where he talked about homosexuality. He didn't say outright that it didn't exist or that there weren't any homosexuals in Iran. He said that there were laws in place that did not allow public displays of such things ... and that those laws included public displays of affection between married couples as well. He said that displays of affection are not allowed in Iran ... and so gays in Iran are not "seen" in public like they are in Western Countries. But he specifically said that what people do in their homes when their doors are closed is of no concern to him or the Iranian Government. But nothing about what he said gave me the impression that he was saying that there were literally no gays in Iran ... there just wasn't visible homosexuality in Iran ... because of laws that restrict the display of any type of sexuality or affection in public. In other words, you won't see a gay pride parade in Tehran anytime soon. But you also won't see straight couples kissing on the streets of Tehran either.

[PoliticsHater]

12:11 PM on 09/12/2011

To those Israel haters that say there are no Muslim countries, there you go. Sharia is the law of the land. Your welcome.

[SMASH CAPITALISM]

04:21 PM on 09/12/2011

I dont want to make a comment without thinking, but maybe it would be BETTER if the US was under Sharia Law. I HATE ALL LAWS we have now, so maybe Sharia would be better. execpt for the part about girls covering their heads and wearing black all the time.

[WesStrikesBack]

08:09 PM on 09/12/2011

You are the worst anarchist I've ever run into. Usually it's a phase like being a punk rocker and a justification for thievery.

How do you get from anarchy to sharia law and maintain a straight face? What do you really believe in, dude?

[Trevor Lahey]

07:11 PM on 09/11/2011

And that is why not all countries are equal.

[458Kid]

11:34 PM on 09/10/2011

As expected.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0&feature=related

[practiceempathy]

02:48 PM on 09/12/2011

Question.

Do you consider yourself a Christian?

Curious.

Thanks.

[Weirdo]

09:40 PM on 09/10/2011

Now, this is the kind of moral absolutism the Pope can get behind.

[nblueb18]

01:17 PM on 09/11/2011

Nice that you just could not pass up this wonderful and appropriate opportunity to attack the Pope.

[Weirdo]

07:44 PM on 09/11/2011

Thank you.

[BOBinPS]

08:35 PM on 09/11/2011

Is his message really different? If he could abolish homosexuality, he would.

[Feurio]

02:17 PM on 09/10/2011

"If something about the human body disgusts you, the fault lies with the manufacturer." Lenny Bruce

religion once again poisons everything.

[iknowscottyknows]

03:53 PM on 09/10/2011

No, just sin.

[Feurio]

05:56 PM on 09/10/2011

So, God's invention?

[onwisconsin]

08:36 PM on 09/10/2011

If two guys enjoying each other's bodies is a sin, it is between the two of them. Humans invented god and these stupid rules about behavior. People loving one another should be celebrated.

[PoliticsHater]

12:41 PM on 09/12/2011

So you hate evolution. Congenital conditions weren't caused by religion.

[Feurio]

01:10 PM on 09/12/2011

I don't hate it. But it isn't perfect either as demonstrated by the number of diseases and problems with it which we spend endless amounts of workhours in trying fix its many errors.

Certainly not the crown of creation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4238NN8HMgQ

[Anti Warrior]

12:44 PM on 09/10/2011

Buried in the AFP story this is sourced from:
"Other charges against the three included kidnapping and theft"

So, once again we have a clearly false propaganda story dealing with Iran.
Kidnapping; That's quite a serious crime everywhere in the world and is punished severly in every country

[LiberalBuzz]

11:39 PM on 09/10/2011

Sooo you believe everything the Iranian government tells you?

Wow.

[Anti Warrior]

04:15 AM on 09/12/2011

No, that's the AFP telling me that

I'm just informing you that the aggregate version of the story given here leaves out a gigantic piece of informatiopn relavent to the story.

[adamantthe1st21]

11:46 AM on 09/10/2011

we give too much credit to gay people..........when apocalypse will come nobody will blame iran.

[BOBinPS]

08:37 PM on 09/11/2011

So, when is the apocalypse coming? Been there, done that.

[QuestionSeeker]

09:45 PM on 09/12/2011

Yep... A lot of credit huh. Thats just why they are being hung.
We give to much credit to people like you, who wait for things that never happen.

[candleundersun]

06:53 PM on 09/09/2011

"Three of the prisoners were hanged for committing "forbidden acts against religion," the report said, without elaboratin­g...Other charges against the three included kidnapping and theft, Khuzestan provincial judiciary"
If you had traveled Iran you would know nobody is running around hunting gays. If it has been out of free will, the sex act must have been witnessed by four credible witnesses actually seeing the "penetration clearly" (a private show????). which is almost impossible to happen, (and is used to keep it taboo). Otherwise the case will be dropped. If one is in Iran they should avoid orgies or making gay (or otherwise) porn. Since the news agency did not elaborate on the matter, it may be due to more facts, like raping children which would make for a outrage and protest due to strong disguise by people and government tries to avoid protests, fearing they get out of hand, will not publicize the details. Of course this is just a guess, but such scenarios take placr regularly and has happened numerous times in past to keep the matters low to avoid protests.
These notes added to bring into light what the report should have included.
It is a bit dirty to make the report more hot so as to prepare people for higher hate and to stomach invading and bombing Iran. Otherwise many cases with much more severity happen in certain ally without the coverage here.

[LiberalBuzz]

11:40 PM on 09/10/2011

And you buy everything said by the Iranian government as gospel?

Really?

Wow.

[lordgamble]

12:30 AM on 09/11/2011

Oh why not? You buy everything Obama says as gospel.

[candleundersun]

05:37 AM on 09/11/2011

Wow to you. Did you even read what I had written:
"..If you had traveled Iran you would know nobody is running around hunting gays. If it has been out of free will, the sex act must have been witnessed by four credible witnesses actually seeing the "penetrati­on clearly" (a private show????). which is almost impossible to happen, ..."
I have traveled Iran extensively, find the same observation by anybody who has traveled Iran. You are a perfect example of what MSM produces.

[felliott]

04:18 PM on 09/11/2011

The Iranian police use torture to obtain confessions. Your standards of evidence are meaningless.