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In Iran, same sex sexual acts between consenting adults are crimes. Since 1979, thousands of Iranians have been intimidated, harassed in their own homes, arrested, tortured, subjected to cruel corporal punishment, and executed. Some are diagnosed with psychological disorders while others are forced to deny their sexual orientation or

رویارویی با همجنسگراستیزی، بنیاد برومند

در ایران روابط جنسی مرضىالطرفين میان اشخاص بالغ و عاقل جرم محسوب می‌شود. ‌از سال ۱۳۵۷ تاکنون، هزاران ایرانی مرعوب شده، در خانه‌هایشان مورد اذیت و آزار قرار گرفته، دستگیر و شکنجه شده، مورد تنبیهات خشن جسمی قرار گرفته، و اعدام شده‌اند. بعضی را دچارعدم تعادل روحی دانسته اند، برخی دیگر را مجبور به نفی تمایلات جنسی‌شان نموده، و یا به عنوان گناهکار ترغیب به توبه کرده‌اند.

IRQO in New York City, USA: A Celebration of Courage

Just 11 more days to go until IGLHRC's A Celebration of Courage event in New York City, where IGLHRC will present its 2008 Felipa Award to two outstanding grassroots activists--Arsham Parsi on behalf of the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) and Chilean trans activist Andrés Ignacio Rivera Duarte.

Equality Forum Calls on Presidential Candidates

Requests Letter to UK to Revoke Deportation for Gay Iranians (April 3, 08)

Equality Forum, a US headquartered national and international GLBT civil rights organization, called on Presidential candidates Clinton, McCain and Obama to send letters to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to revoke the deportation orders for the return of gays and lesbians in the UK to Iran.

Bibi's Fundraising, Benefiting Six Queer International Charitable Queer Organizations (March 31,08)

Bibi will donate 100% of the proceeds to six international charitable organizations: Helem (LGBT Center in Lebanon), Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO), Iraqi LGBT, and ASWAT (Gay Palestinian Women's group). Two additional organizations will be selected by our guests at the night of the event.

HRW: Private Homes Raided for ‘Immorality’ (March 28, 08)

(New York, March 28, 2008) – The arrest of more than 30 men attending a party in a private home in the city of Esfahan signals renewed efforts by Iranian authorities to enforce “morality” codes, and highlights the fragility of basic rights in a country where police powers routinely undermine privacy, Human Rights Watch said today...

دیده بان حقوق بشر: هجوم به منازل شخصی به دلیل "بی عفتی" (28 مارچ 08)

(نیویورک، 28 مارس 2008) – دیده بان حقوق بشر امروز اعلام کرد دستگیری بیش از 30 مرد شرکت کننده در یک مهمانی خصوصی در اصفهان حاکی از از تشدید اقدامات مسئولین برای اجرای قوانین "اخلاقی" است و نشان از شکنندگی حقوق اولیه در کشوری دارد که در آن قدرت پلیس همواره تضعیف کننده حریم شخصی است...

The European Parliament’s Resolution on Mehdi Kazemi’s case (Mar 14, 08)

having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and in particular to Article 3 thereof, which prohibits the removal, expulsion or extradition of persons to countries where there is a serious risk that they would be subjected to the death penalty, torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment...

IGLHRC Announces 2008 Felipa de Souza Award Winners (March 04,08)

IGLHRC announced today that it would award its 2008 Felipa de Souza Award to two outstanding nominees—the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) and Chilean trans activist Andrés Ignacio Rivera Duarte.

سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی برنده جایزه جهانی امسال موسسه بین المللی دفاع از حقوق دگرباشان شد (چهارم مارچ 2008)

موسسه بین المللی دفاع از حقوق دگرباشان امروز اعلام نمود که جایزه سالانه دفاع از حقوق بشر این موسسه، موسوم به جایزه فلیپا دو سوزا، امسال نصیب دو منتخب برجسته از کشور های ایران و شیلی خواهد شد. سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی (ایرکیو) و آقای آندرس ایگناسیو ریورا دو آرته، فعال دگرجنس شده (ترانسکشوال) از کشور شیلی، بطور مشترک، برنده امسال این جایزه خواهند بود.

IGLHRC: Young Man Executed for Alleged Sex Crime (December 05, 07)

Mr. Makvan Mouloodzadeh was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison at 5 a.m. this morning, Iranian time. Neither Mr. Mouloodzadeh's family or his lawyer were told about the execution until after it occurred. IGLHRC is still investigating the facts in this case

IGLHRC: Stop the Execution of Child Offender Convicted of Sodomy (November 05, 07)

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has learned that Makvan Mouloodzadeh, a 21-year old Iranian citizen of Kurdish origin from the city of Paveh, in the Western province of Kermanshah, has been sentenced by the government to execution.

HRW: Revoke Death Sentence in Juvenile Case (November 03, 07)

Washington, DC, November 3, 2007) – Iranian authorities should immediately prevent the execution of Makwan Mouloudzadeh and commute his death sentence, Human Rights Watch said today. Mouloudzadeh, 20, was sentenced to death in...

دیده بان حقوق بشر: حکم اعدام برای پرونده نوجوان را لغو کنید. (سوم نوامبر)

Death penalty/imminent execution/Makwan Moloudzadeh (October 26, 07)

Child offender Makwan Moloudzadeh, an Iranian Kurd, is believed to be at risk of imminent execution. He has reportedly been convicted of lavat-e iqabi (anal sex) for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old boy. Makwan Moloudzadeh was aged 13 at the time of the alleged offence...

عفو بین الملل خواستار لغو حکم اعدام ماکوان مولودزاده شد (7 آبان 86)

عفو بین‌الملل با صدور اطلاعیه‌ای از همگان خواسته است که به حکم اعدام برای جوان کرد ایرانی اعتراض کنند و از مقامات مسئول ایرانی بخواهند که اجرای حکم را لغو کنند. عفو بین‌الملل که بویژه منع استفاده از مجازات اعدام برای ارتکاب جرم‌ پیش از سن ۱۸ سالگی را بارها به مقامات ایرانی گوشزد کرده است، بار دیگر بر تعهد ایران در این زمینه اشاره کرده و با توضیح وضعیت ماکوان مولودزاده و اینکه شاهدهای دادگاه حرف خود را بطور رسمی پس گرفته‌اند، و ...

IGLHRC Deplores Denial of Iranian Homosexuals by President Ahmadinejad (Sep 24, 07)

(New York, Monday September 24, 2007) – Today, during a controversial talk at Columbia University’s World Leaders Forum, Iranian President Dr. Mahmood Ahmadinejad categorically denied the existence of homosexuality in Iran: “In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. …

Euro-Parliament takes up the case of Iranian lesbian threatened with expulsion (August 30, 07)

Following a proposal by Italian MEP Giusto Catania (PRC), representing the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Group in the European Parliament during today's Conference of Presidents ...

IGLHRC Condemns Iran’s Continued Use of Sodomy Laws To Justify Executions and Arbitrary Arrests

(New York, July 18, 2007) - Despite a widely publicized outcry two years ago when Iranian authorities executed two young men in the northeastern city of Mashhed, the government continues to target, arrest, prosecute, and execute individuals under its sodomy law. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) condemns Iran’s violations of human rights law and asks that human rights groups around the world work to support those targeted by the government.

Iran’s Sodomy Law: Reading Between the Lines

Sodomy laws make it a crime to engage in non-procreative sex. Crimes against nature, deviant sexual conduct, and homosexual conduct are among the many terms used within criminal codes around the world. Frequently, in the context of arrests and imprisonment, an actual act of sodomy has not been committed. Rather, the law is used to target those whose sexuality is believed to defy social norms and preferences for heterosexual relationships and to justify state action in removing the “offenders” from the community.

Amnesty International's Statement regarding the Birthday Party in Esfahan (June 6, 07) 2

Twelve were reportedly released in the weeks following their arrest while four of the remaining five were released on 29 May. All of these men were required to post bail and will reportedly face a trial scheduled to take place in June

Amnesty International's Statement regarding the Birthday Party in Esfahan (May 18, 07) 1

The men were among 87 people reportedly arrested at the party; the others have been released, apparently on bail, and are likely to face prosecution in the future. Those still detained are believed to have been wearing clothes generally associated with women at the time of their arrest

Iran: End Arrests on Immorality Charges, HRW (May 17, 07)

(New York, May 17, 2007) – Iran’s arbitrary arrests of thousands of men and women in recent weeks under the banner of “countering immoral behavior” threaten basic rights to privacy, Human Rights Watch said today.

ایران: به دستگیری های گسترده برای"اتهامات اخلاقی" پایان دهید - سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر

(نیویورک، بیست و هقتم اردیبهشت 2007) سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر امروز با انتشار بیانیه ای، دستگیری هزاران نفرزن ومرد در طی هفته های گذشته و تحت پوشش "مقابله با شئون غیراخلاقی" را نشان دهنده تهدیدی برای حرمت حریم خصوصی درایران، توسط اقدامات عنان گسیخته پلیس دانست

‘Hall of Shame’ Exposes Dangers of High-Level Homophobia, HRW (May 16, 07)

(New York, May 16, 2007) – Pope Benedict XVI, US President George W. Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have undermined human rights by actively promoting prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Human Rights Watch said today in its annual “hall of shame” to mark the International Day Against Homophobia.

State homophobia - ILGA-IRQO 2007

IGLHRC News Advisory on the Public Execution for Sodomy in Iran

گزارش سازمان ديده بان حقوق بشر در مورد اعدام همجنسگرايان

(نيويورک، 22 نوامبر 2005)، سازمان ديده بان حقوق بشر امروز اعلام کرد اعدام هفته گذشته دو مرد ديگر به علت همجنس گرايي بيانگر روند آزار و اذيت همجنس گرايان در ايران بوده و نقض صريح حق زندگي و آزادي هاي شخصي محسوب مي شود