According to the judiciary’s announcement, the execution of two gay activists in Urmia
The judiciary’s news agency confirmed the news regarding the execution of two gay rights activists but implicitly denied its connection to the crime of homosexuality or activity in that field. The news agency wrote on its website yesterday, September 5th.
In recent days, news about the issuance of death sentences for Zahra Sedighi and Elham Choubdar has been circulated on social media, and there has been a lot of agitation regarding this matter.
Investigations by the judiciary’s media center show that the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Urmia sentenced the mentioned individuals to death on charges of corruption on earth.
Contrary to the news published on social media and the agitations made, the field of activity and accusations against these individuals involve deceiving and trafficking women and young girls to one of the regional countries with promises of employment and training, exploiting them, which in some cases led to the suicide of several of these girls.