Posted on 04/30/2005 6:43:30 PM PDT by Libloather
Gay blackmailer hanged in Iran
30/04/2005 13:36 - (SA)
Tehran - An Iranian convicted of blackmailing his gay partners with videotapes of their sex acts has been hanged, reports said on Saturday.
Hadi Safdari was executed in Bojnourd in the eastern province of South Khorasan, the Qods newspaper said citing the local judiciary.
In Safadari's case, the death sentence appears to have been handed down for rape, as the blackmail was deemed to have removed any element of consent.
But Iran's Islamic regime also imposes the death penalty for consensual "sodomy" where the offence is repeated and the convict is an adult of "sound mind".
Safadari had previously served 18 months in prison for murdering his wife, and was released early after he was forgiven by her family. He also reportedly had a long history of robbery, abduction and other offences.
The judiciary gave no details on the execution.
Safdari's accomplice, identified only as M Sh, was sentenced to lashes and imprisonment, Qods said, without elaborating on his part in the crimes.
So far this year, Iran has executed at least 15 people, according to a tally based on witness and press reports.
In 2004 at least 159 people were executed in the Islamic republic - the highest rate in the world after China - according to human rights watchdog Amnesty International.
As well as repeat sodomy and rape, murder, armed robbery, apostasy and serious drug trafficking are all punishable by death in Iran, which enforces a strict form of Islamic law.
I wonder if they now consider him well-hanged...
no gay pride parades in tehran ?
Actually, he was hung for the crime of rape, not blackmail.
" previously served 18 months in prison for murdering his wife, ... He also reportedly had a long history of robbery, abduction and other offences."
Sounds like a real nice guy.
Reminds me of those old bumber stickers that read "Nuke the Gay Iranian Whales"...
Was he hung? Sorry, I had to say that.
"Safadari had previously served 18 months in prison for murdering his wife, and was released early after he was forgiven by her family."
WTF?
Officially, this is a middle eastern red state.
Sounds like it might keep people from engaging in like behaviors. Maybe the US should consider lashing as a punishment for crimes of a sexual nature.
Maybe Hadi should have moved his operations to New Jersey. I hear they're pretty relaxed about extortion and sodomy.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
He only got 18 months for murdering his wife. Too bad he didn't get the noose then.
Pretty well hung, from the sound of it.
Works for me!
18 Months for murdering a wife??? This is truly the ugly face of Islamic Justice!
No, he was hanged.
I wonder if they offered him a pair of panties at the hanging for a head covering?
"and was released early after he was forgiven by her family."
I suppose he'd still be there if her family hadn't been the forgiving type.
Since homosexuality is a mental disorder, how could he be of sound mind?
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