IRAN'S ANTI-GAY PURGE GROWS

found this via MY personal favorite blog skippy the bush kangaroo

REPORTS OF NEW GAY EXECUTIONS
by Doug IrelandSenior Contributing Editor

There have been reports of a new execution of a gay man in the city of
Arak, Iran, on August 16, and of other executions of four men, ages 17 to 24,
for unspecified "sexual offenses." But it is difficult to confirm these reports
with total accuracy, because of the climate of fear which prevails in the
Islamic Republic of Iran today. The newly-elected, reactionary regime of
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (lower right) has heightened its campaign of
repression of gay people since the worldwide protests against the hanging of two
gay teens in Mashad on July 19, and Iranians -- both gay and straight --are
afraid to communicate with the outside world on these matters...........