Iran to execute 4 men convicted of sodomy

Jerusalem Post Thursday 17th May, 2012

The Iranian judiciary this week upheld the death penalty for four men convicted of sodomy, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).The agency distributes reports in Persian from human rights reporters throughout Iran.According to the report, the four men - named as Saadat Arefi, Vahid Akbari, Javid Akbari, and Houshmand Akbari, all from the city of Charam in Iran's remote southeastern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahm...

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