San Francisco Board of Supervisors Condemns Teen Hangings

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Today, by unanimous vote, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors urged the State Department to condemn the hangings Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni earlier this month In Iran. The Board also condemned the civil rights abuses against and the future execution of gays in Iran.

Here is the resolution, which was adopted by a unanimous vote:

WHEREAS, On July 19, 2005, in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran, two teenagers, 16-year-old Ayaz Marhoni and 18-year-old Mahmoud Asgari, were publicly hanged for a crime involving homosexual sex - they were accused of raping an unidentified 13-year-old boy, although unheard evidence suggested otherwise; and,

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