Urmia

Iran: 2 activists arrested for promoting homosexuality, human trafficking – The Siasat Daily
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Iran: 2 activists arrested for promoting homosexuality, human trafficking – The Siasat Daily

Tehran: A court in Iran has sentenced two Iranian women to death on charges of crimes including human trafficking and promoting homosexuality, according to human rights organisation Hengaw. The two LGBTI activists, 31-year-old Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani, and 24-year-old Elham Chobdar imprisoned in the women’s ward of Urmia Central Prison have been accused of ‘corruption on earth’…

Iran Sentences 2 Women to Death for ‘Human Trafficking’
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Iran Sentences 2 Women to Death for ‘Human Trafficking’

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has sentenced two women to death on charges of human trafficking, the country’s official IRNA news agency reported Monday, a penalty that sparked widespread condemnation online. Authorities accused the women — identified as Zahra Sedighi and Elham Chobdar — of “corruption on earth,” a term often used to describe…