Iran Executes 21 Year Old Accused Of Gay Sex When He Was 13

Seeing this story a few minutes ago (http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/12/120507iran.htm) makes me feel physically sick. It truly makes me believe that religion is in practice often one of the greatest forces of evil in the world. I can only hope that the mullahs and other theocratic nut cases in Iran some day get their just deserves for the atrocities they have perpetrated, including this one. One can only ask WHEN is the international community going to get some f**king backbone and start serious measures against Iran and countries like it who wantonly kill gays. Here are highlights from 365gay.com:

(New York City) The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission said Wednesday that a 21 year old man spared from execution only 10 days ago was hanged this morning. On November 15 Iran's Chief Justice halted the execution of Makvan Mouloodzadeh and ordered a new trial. Mouloodzadeh had been charged with having sex with another male when the accused was only 13 years old.

At his original trial no witness ever accused Mouloodzadeh of rape. Instead, the prosecution witnesses all told the court that their statements during the investigation were either untruthful or coerced. Nevertheless Mouloodzadeh was found guilty and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in August.

Mouloodzadeh was executed in Kermanshah Central Prison at 5 a.m. Wednesday morning. Neither Mr. Mouloodzadeh's family or his lawyer were told about the execution until after it occurred, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission said in a statement. "This is a shameful and outrageous travesty of justice and international human rights law," said Paula Ettelbrick, IGLHRC's executive director. "How many more young Iranians have to die before the international community takes action?" Some international gay rights groups believe that more than 4,000 lesbians and gay men have been executed since the Ayatollahs seized power in 1979. The government in Tehran has repeatedly denied the reports.