Two executed in Iran for sex crimes, blogger writes they were gay

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FULL STORY AND VERY SAD PICS AT:

http://pageoneq.com/news/2005/Two_boys_executed_in_Iran_for_sexual_cri_0720.html

Two boys, one aged 18 and one underage minor, were lashed 228 times before being hung by Iranian authorities in the northeastern city of Mashad, PageOneQ has learned.

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An Iranian blogger who goes by the name of Mr. Behi, weote extensively on his blog about the executions, describing that the two were convicted of homosexuality. An Iranian press report explained that the two had been execuited for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy.

[Chipper Chat]

1. Shocking and remote as this sounds....

It could happen in the good ol' USA if the fundies ever get full control of the government.

[RoyGBiv]

4. Or the over-zealous in general ...

Someone in another thread yesterday suggested those convicted of sex crimes (without defining what that even means) in the US simply be subjected to summary execution. In context, this was actually about sex offenders who had been paroled and attempts in Florida to prevent them from purchasing or renting property with 2,500 feet of the beach.

Put the word "sex" in front of anything and even non-fundies seem to lose their cookies.

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5. Do you have a link to that thread?

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[wli]

2. sounds like Amerikkka after a few more years of neocon dictatorship

[Fiona]

3. the article says:

"According to Iran Focus News, one member of parliament was dismayed that the focus was on the age of the boys "Instead of paying tribute to the action of the judiciary, the media are mentioning the age of the hanged criminals and creating a commotion that harms the interests of the state." "

That sounds exactly like the republicans here bitching about the reporting on Abu Ghraib and Gitmo.

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6. UPDATE: They were Gay

My worst feas have been confirmed, the boys were killed because they were gay,