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PinkNews: Gay Iranian teen's case will be reviewed says Home Office (Mar 13, 08)

An Iranian teenager who was facing deportation and possible execution will have his case reviewed. The decision was announced moments ago. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said...

Irish News: Lifting veil of suspicion that clouds asylum cases

Why we should take note of the case of a gay refugee in Britain, writes Quentin Fottrell. THERE IS good reason to be concerned about the British case of Iranian teenager Mehdi Kazemi who faces deportation to Tehran by British prime minister Gordon Brown to near-certain imprisonment or death...

BBC: Gay Iranian Deportation Reviewed (Mar 13, 08)

The home secretary is to review the case of Iranian homosexual teenager Mehdi Kazemi, who has said he will be executed if forced to return to Iran...

CNN: Gay Iranian faces deportation (Mar 11, 08)

Gay Iranian teenager faces deportation to Tehran and likely execution. CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh reports.

ABC News: Iranian Teen Fears Deportation Means Death (Mar 08, 08)

Gay Teenager Fights for asylum after Boyfriend is Hanged in Iran...

The Independent - UK: Now Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain faces deportation (March 07, 08)

An Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain after her girlfriend was arrested and sentenced to death faces being forcibly returned after losing the latest round in her battle to be granted asylum.

The Independent - UK: A life or death decision (March 06,08)

Mehdi Kazemi is a gay teenager from Iran. He sought sanctuary in Britain after his boyfriend was hanged for homosexuality. So why is Britain so determined to send him back to Tehran – to almost certain execution?

وی او ای: سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی برنده جایزه حقوق بشر شد. تصویری

وی او ای: گفتگو با آرشام پارسی سرپرست سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی

رادیو فردا: سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی برنده جایزه ی حقوق بشر شد.

XTRA: Legal limbo for Canada's gay refugees (Feb 21, 08)

Arsham Parsi was forced to leave his life behind. Threats loomed large. He spent years looking over his shoulder, carefully concealing the truth about himself from everyone he knew. Still, the dangers grew.

NOVA News Net: Gay rights in Iran a complex battle, says Iranian sexual identity expert (January 26, 08)

Harvard professor Afsaneh Najmabadi said Thursday night she wants Canadian and international gay rights groups to be more careful in...

Xtra West: I was Forced to Flee Iran (October 25, 07)

I was born in September 1980, in Iran. As a teenager growing up in Shiraz, I was lonely and filled with self-loathing. I had never met another queer, and I thought I was a freak.

Voice of America, Persian Desk (October 16, 07)

رادیو صدای امریکا: بررسی سرکوب همجنس گرايان در ايران از ديد يک فعال حقوق همجنس گرايان

Voice of America: Homosexuality in Iran (October 7, 07)

VOA Persian TV, Roundtable program  

برنامه فارسی صدای امریکا: واقعیت همجنسگرایی در ایران

صدای امریکا، میزگردی با شما

Global and Mail: A Gay Iranian in Exile, (October 6, 07)

A week after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's notorious appearance in the United States, I met an Iranian named Arsham Parsi. He is a slender, intense man of 27. He wanted me to see some photographs of two young men he knew back in Iran. Their backs are flayed – an angry mass of red stripes that runs from their shoulders down past their waists. “They were flogged for going to a party,” he told me over coffee

Deutsche Welle, Voice of Germany, Persian Desk

NO homosexual in Iran or they are rights less?

دویچه وله، بخش فارسی صدای آلمان

عدم وجود همجنسگرایان و یا بی حقوقی مطلق آنها؟

رادیو زمانه: یک برش از زندگی ممنوع ایرانی

هفته گذشته آقای احمدی‌نژاد در دیدار با دانشجویان دانشگاه كلمبیا، گفت: «ما در ایران، همجنس‌باز (كلمه‌ای كه خود احمدی‌نژاد استفاده كرد) نداریم؛ قطعا همجنس‌باز نداریم.» ما حرف آقای رئیس جمهور را در كافه پیگیری كردیم و دنبال این رفتیم كه آیا ما واقعا در ایران همجنس‌گرا نداریم یا آقای احمدی‌نژاد سراغ ندارد؟

Wall Street Journal: The Queerest Denial (October 02, 07)

The Islamic Republic of Iran has been doing a brisk business in harassing, entrapping, lashing, imprisoning and executing homosexuals since nearly the moment it came to power in 1979, with little notice in the West beyond the occasional human-rights report.

Queer Iranians and Mr. Ahmadinejad in the Press (October 1, 07)

A question was asked about the situation of homosexuals in Iran and in response Mr. Ahmadinejad replied: "In our country we don't have homosexuals like in your country. This does not exist in our country. I don't know who has told you that we have this." ...

دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی و آقای احمدی نژاد در رسانه ها

Washington Post: I'm Here, President  Ahmadinejad (September 30, 07)

I'm one of those people Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says don't exist. I'm a 25-year-old Iranian, and I'm gay.

CBC Canada: Interview with Arsham Parsi (September 28, 07)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an American audience this week that there are no homosexuals in Iran. But we've got the documentary that proves him wrong: a CBC News: Sunday production that first offered a ground-breaking look at Iran's underground gay life. And we ask Arsham Parsi, Executive Director of the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) whether anything has changed since we first aired the documentary 

New York Public Radio, WNYC, Gay Iranian (September 28, 07)

This Monday President Ahmedinejad stated that there were no homosexuals in Iran, Arsham Parsi would beg to differ.

CNN : Being Iranian and Gay (September 27, 07)

CNN's Colleen McEdwards interviews Arsham Parsi about the obstacles and prejudices of being both Iranian and gay.

Voice of America, Persian Desk (September 27, 07)

رادیو صدای امریکا: بررسی اظهارات احمدی نژاد درباره عدم وجود همجنس گرايی در ایران

در پی تکذيب وجود همجنس گرايان در ايران توسط رئيس جمهوری اسلامی، آقای آرشام پارسی، دبير کل سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ايرانی، که مقر آن در کاناداست، در پاسخ به پرسشهای خبرنگار شبکه خبری فارسی وابسته به صدای آمريکا در مورد وجود همجنس گرايان و شرايط آنها در ايران توضيحاتی داد

CNN : Glenn Beck: Gays in Iran (September 26, 07)

Protesters met Iranian President Ahmadinejad at Columbia University, but a few people were conspicuously absent.

Radio Farda, Homosexuals in Iran (September 26, 07)

همجنسگرایان در ایران، رادیو فردا

CMI Brasile : IRÃ: Gays denunciam perseguição (September 26, 07)

'Ahmadinejad é muito homofóbico. Espero que todas as nações saibam que o Irã não tolera homossexuais'
Arsham Parsi, ativista gay iraniano.

FOX News : Iran Does Far Worse Than Ignore Gays, Critics Say (September 25, 07)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's seemingly ridiculous claim that "we don't have homosexuals, like in your country" masks the cruel reality that his government does far worse than ignore gays, human rights groups charge.

GLOBO Brasile : Com medo de morrer, homossexuais fogem do Irã (September 25, 07)

Iraniano, diretor de site gay, conta que teve que se mudar para o Canadá. Declaração rebate afirmação feita por presidente iraniano, de que não há gays no Irã 

BBC Brasile : Homossexualismo é punido com pena de morte no Irã, diz ativista (September 25, 07)

Os gays do Irã vivem sob constante ameaça não apenas da polícia e do governo como também da sociedade, disse à BBC Brasil o ativista Arsham Parsi, diretor executivo da IRQO (Iranian Queer Organization), uma organização iraniana que luta pelos direitos dos homossexuais 

Radio ABC, Australia : We don't have homosexual in Iran (September 25, 07)

Arsham Parsi interviewed by ABC Radio in Australia about President Ahmadinejad comment

National Public Radio: Gays in Iran? Disputing Ahmadenijad (September 25, 07)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad said Monday that there are no homosexuals in Iran. Melissa Block talks with Arsham Parsi, executive director for the IQO, or Iranian Queer Organization. Parsi, who fled Iran in 2005, currently lives in Canada.

CNN: Homosexuality in Iran (September 25, 07)

Iran's leader denies there's homosexuality in his nation. CNN's Brian Todd looks at attitudes about homosexuality there.

New York Sun: 'Who Are We?' Iranian Gays Ask President (September 25, 07)

President Ahmadinejad's contention during a speech at Columbia University that there are no homosexuals in Iran drew a swift rebuke from human rights organizations, with one activist challenging the president to explain how he, a gay Iranian, exists.

Mr. Ahmadinejad says Iran dose not have homosexual  (September 24, 07)

آقای احمدی نژاد گفت ما در ایران همجنس باز نداریم

Human Connections Unite Panelists Fundamental Right to Love Dissected  (September 12, 07)

Speaking on their experiences in Iran, Parsi and Khosravi gave a chilling picture of the conditions there for those who fall outside of the culturally conservative, Islamic society

Iranian and Canadian activists on the human rights frontier (September  08, 07)

“Imagine, for 24 hours every day you have to put a mask on your face. You have no friends. For example... some friends tell you about a girl. But you are gay and are not interested in relationships with girls. But now you have to start a relationship with a girl”, says Arsham Parsi, 26, an Iranian refugee, living in Toronto

Flight from Torture, BBC (July 16, 07)

An asylum seeker who was deported to Iran in 2004 has been describing how he managed to escape from custody and make his way back to the UK

مصاحبه ی قاضی مرتضوی در ارتباط با همجنسگرایی در برنامه ی کوله پشتی شبکه سوم سیما

دگرباشان را از خود طرد نکنید، رادیو بی بی سی برنامه ی روز هفتم

همجنس گرایان ایرانی ابزار سیاسی‌اند؟، رادیو زمانه

 Inside Iran's Secret Gay World - CBC Canada

  آشکار در ایران - سی بی سی کانادا - تصویری

HORRIFIC NEW PHOTOS OF IRAN'S TORTURE OF GAYS Plus, 87 Arrested in Raid on "Gay" Party, Doug Ireland (May 23, 07)

«On peut estimer que chaque mois, environ quatre ou cinq homos fuient l'Iran», Tetu - French

هم جنس گرایان پناهجوی ایرانی در ترکیه چه می کنند؟، رادیو زمانه

برنامه ی نسیم شمال تلویزیون کانال یک

Horrific photos show torture of gay Iranians, Gay NZ 

Persian Gay And Lesbian Activist Urges Tolerance, Radio Free Europe

مردانه، آنسوی خط قرمز، زیگ زاگ

رویکردی ساده‌انگارانه به همجنس‌گرایی - حسین نوش آذر ، رادیو زمانه

Change Sex Or Die, Doug Ireland, Gay City News

همه لوطی ها به بهشت می روند، عبدی کلانتری

Brits Ignore Iranian Asylum Bid, Gay City News

Unveiling the Iranian Queer Organization: An Interview with Arsham Parsi, Gozar

Executable offences, Xtra magazine

GLBTQ and PGLO

Terra terror for gays, NOW Magazine

سکس و روان، ماه منیر رحیمی - رادیو زمانه

گوشه ای از زندگی یک همجنسگرا در ایران، بی بی سی

در حمايت از حقوق همجنسگرايان و براي مقابله با هموفوبيا و پدوفيلي

فعاليت تشکلهای دفاع از حقوق همجنسگرايان در ايران، بی بی سی

وضعيت پناهجويان همجنسگرا در سوئد - استکهلميان

مصاحبه رادیو فردا در روز مقابله با هوموفوبیا

 هم جنس گرایان پناهجو در ترکیه چه می کنند؟

اظهارات سیما شاخساری درباره ی همجنسگرایی

Hadd Crimes, Fab Magazine

Gay Execution in Iran??? 1 (Video)

Gay Execution in Iran??? 2 (Video)

  اعدام همجنسگرایان در ایران - قسمت اول - تصویری

اعدام همجنسگرایان در ایران - قسمت دوم - تصویری

The Birthday - (Video)

 تولد - تصویری

 Iran - Have a Sex Change on Us, (Video)

ایران - تغییر جنسیت ما - تصویری

Interview by Radio International Canada - Montreal

Iran's gays risk death for report, Toronto Star

The Situation for LGBT Muslims, by: El-Farouk Khaki - Secretary of  Canadian Muslim Union

Gay Iranian in the Netherlands win asylum as "Special Group", Doug Ireland

Gay Iranian to be deported, The Local Sweden's News in English

I Know That I Am, Xtra Magazine

Mashhad place of martyrdom - Simon Forbes

Activist faces risk that “no physical sign of me will remain” Doug Ireland

Social Pressures Push Some Into Sexless Marriage, Washington Post

Protest Atrocities Against LGBT People: Demonstrations Called for July 19th, Political Affairs Magazine

Activists mark anniversary of gay executions with a call for human rights, IRIN, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Fearless in Canada, Toronto Star

مصاحبه ای از رادیو فردا - 2006

  مصاحبه ای رادیو انجمن حق زنان - قسمت دوم

  مصاحبه ای رادیو انجمن حق زنان - قسمت اول

  مصاحبه ای از رادیو صدای آلمان - 2006

  مصاحبه ای از رادیو انجمن حق زنان ، سوئد - 2006

  مصاحبه ای از شهاب فیضی - 17 می 2006 -بخش دوم

  مصاحبه ای از شهاب فیضی - 17 می 2006 - بخش اول

  مصاحبه ای از رادیو همبستگی سوئد - 2003

Definition of Gay Rights, Jim Andres

Queer Crusade's Bad Serve, NOW Magazine

Secret killings in Iran, Pink Paper

Gay lynching continuing in Iran, report claims. Pink News

a letter from Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of York

Cultural Attitudes toward homosexuality - San Francisco State University

Another Gay Iranian Torture Victim Tells His Horrifying Story - Doug Ireland

A letter to Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Canadian Unitarian Council &  Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada

A letter of Homosexual Catholics in the Maria Hilf Institute