Originally Posted by Phil Hoskins
BTW, those are done as a religious matter so have no idea of the President had anything to do with them.
Well okay, but murder is murder, right? I would think that if Ahmadinejad actually believes there are no homosexuals in Iran, and if some teenage zealots murdered someone because they claimed the person was gay, he would be extra sure that the young men were prosecuted.

So let's see what happens if I google "iran homosexual murder", shall we?

Iran: Two More Executions for Homosexual Conduct

I consider Human Rights Watch to be a very credible source. Too bad their English grammar is less than stellar.

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On Sunday, November 13, the semi-official Tehran daily Kayhan reported that the Iranian government publicly hung two men, Mokhtar N. (24 years old) and Ali A. (25 years old), in the Shahid Bahonar Square of the northern town of Gorgan.
I think they probably hanged the two men, who, their crime would surely indicate, were already hung.

According to the article, there is a pattern of abuse by the Iranian judiciary and police force, which as you point out is under the jurisdiction of the Guardian Council, not the President. I can't help but think, however, that were the President in a position to do so, he might very well exert all possible effort to ensure that his characterization of Iranian demographics was accurate.

Steve
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