'THEY'LL KILL ME' -- A GAY IRANIAN TORTURE VICTIM SPEAKS

[PageOneQ]

Friends,

The story connected to the horrific photos posted earlier is up. In a world exclusive, Amir talks with veteran Jorunalist Doug Ireland.

The story is quite sad. For those who think the photos presented earlier were fake, I implore you to read the words and the story of Amir. It's quite shocking.

THEY'LL KILL ME -- A GAY IRANIAN TORTURE VICTIM SPEAKS

Amir is a 22-year-old gay Iranian who was arrested by Iran’s morality police as part of a massive Internet entrapment campaign targeting gays. He was beaten and tortured while in custody, threatened with death, and lashed 100 times (see photos). He escaped from Iran in August, and is now in Turkey, where he awaits the granting of asylum by a gay-friendly country.

In a two hour telephone interview from Turkey, Amir -- through a translator -- provided a terrifying, first-hand account of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s intense and extensive anti-gay crackdown, which swept up Amir and made him its victim. Here is Amir’s story: THEY'LL KILL ME -- A GAY IRANIAN TORTURE VICTIM SPEAKS

[daninthemoon]

1. I wonder who the RW here is siding with in these incidents.

[Occulus]

3. Do you need to ask? n/t

[Meldread]

2. God, this makes me so sick.

I wish there was something I could do. I wish I could offer this kid a place to live in safety, but I can't think of any place that he'd be safe and wouldn't be deported back to Iran where he will be executed!

Maybe we should try and get a 60 Minutes Story - or something - involving him? Something to get sympathy from American people and maybe get something rolling? It would benefit LGBT folks in America, too, and hell... there might be someone watching who could do something for him at least.