Iran puts activist on trial for promoting same-sex relations
Iran is prosecuting a women’s rights activist for allegedly trying to persuade Iranian society to accept same-sex intimacy.
Iran: “It’s a great honor to violate homosexuals’ rights”
Iran has a reputation for being intensely homophobic, and a new study of Iranian officials’ remarks about homosexuals…
To avoid the army, gay Iranians must carry ‘gay’ ID cards
Gay and trans Iranians must make an excruciating choice on reaching age 18 — join the army, where…
Iran rejects U.N. plea to stop abuse of LGBTI youths
By Jack Flanagan Iran has rejected a series of proposals that the country stop abusing LGBTI youths. The…
11 nations blast Iran’s record on LGBTI rights
Iran’s mistreatment of its LGBTI citizens came in for intense criticism during a recent United Nations review. Among…
Iran campaign seeks end to coerced LGBT sex changes
Iranian activists are making a new push for recognition of the human rights of LGBT people in Iran,…
Iran data show growing coercion of LGBT sex changes
Iran’s coercive advocacy of sex-change surgery for LGBT people has become a growing problem in recent years, says…