{"id":1230,"date":"2020-01-12T00:48:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T00:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:32:22","slug":"least-we-forget-iran-executes-homosexuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Least we forget &#8211; Iran executes homosexuals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This was posted on facebook by a friend of mine &#8211; nothing new of course, but worth reminding ourselves of their cruelty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4b3ab1f200c-200wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12925\" title=\"Gay man hanged\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/irans-top-diplomat-javad-zarif-defends-execution-of-gay-people-2019-6?fbclid=IwAR3OERIfq8fMvthaWamZ-puAaRAzyHaxw070v9d2JiTyV6nZ0pkArYaHArg\">Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday cited &#8220;moral principles&#8221; when asked why Iran executes homosexuals for their sexual orientation, as he also attacked the US and Israel for &#8220;violating human rights.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a press conference in the Iranian capital with his German counterpart, Heiko Maas, Zarif was asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/politik\/ausland\/politik-ausland\/iran-aussenminister-wuetet-auf-pressetermin-mit-heiko-maas-gegen-usa-und-israel-62530090.bild.html###wt_ref=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FboKlqFG02T&amp;wt_t=1560292233954\">Bild reporter Paul Ronzheimer<\/a> about the death penalty for gay people in the Middle Eastern country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our society has moral principles, and according to these principles we live,&#8221; Zarif responded. &#8220;These are moral principles regarding the behavior of people in general. And that&#8217;s because the law is upheld and you abide by laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late January, a 31-year-old man was publicly hanged in Iran after being found guilty of violating the country&#8217;s anti-gay laws, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Iran-publicly-hangs-man-on-homosexuality-charges-578758\">according to The Jerusalem Post.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was posted on facebook by a friend of mine &#8211; nothing new of course, but worth reminding ourselves of their cruelty. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Monday cited &#8220;moral principles&#8221; when asked why Iran executes homosexuals for their sexual orientation, as he also attacked the US and Israel for &#8220;violating human rights.&#8221; At [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12926,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions\/12926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}