THE PUBLIC EXECUTION OF TWO GAY TEENAGERS IN THE COUNTRY, MAHMOUD ASGARI 16 AND AYAZ MARHONI 18 WERE PUBLICLY HANGED
The public execution of two gay teenagers in the country, Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18, were publicly hanged, "They were executed simply because they are gay or have had gay sex just isn't acceptable in gay executions with a call for human rights. Watch WATCH THE BRUTAL VIDEO OF THIS ILLEGAL EXECUTION Human rights groups are calling for greater protection of gay rights in Iran as the first anniversary of the public execution of two gay teenagers in the country is marked. Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18, were publicly hanged on 19 July last year in Mashad, provincial capital of Iran's Khorasan province, on charges of homosexuality. Asgari was accused of raping a 13-year-old boy. However, groups like Outrage, a London-based group for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people (LGBT), maintain it was a false charge designed to undermine public sympathy for the teenagers. Activists in Washington, New York, London, Berlin and Brussels mar...