Posted on 09/26/2007 7:21:11 PM PDT by jdm
TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comment that there are no gays in Iran was cut out of official Farsi transcripts of his appearance at Columbia University Monday.
Not all media deleted the comments: State-run television left them in a videotaped recording of the speech broadcast Tuesday. The complete transcript was published in the English-language version of the state news agency report and some newspapers ran the comments Wednesday.
But homosexuality, which remains highly sensitive in Iran, is rarely discussed in Farsi-language official media. Gay sex is prohibited, and in some circumstances, people convicted of it can be sentenced to death.
In the question-and-answer portion of Ahmadinejad's appearance, the moderator asked why Iran executes gays.
Ahmadinejad eventually responded: "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals, like in your country. We don't have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I don't know who's told you that we have it."
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LOL - he fits right in, doesn’t he?
I guess they realized that just sentencing them to jail would be like giving a bottle of whiskey to a raging alcoholic. LOL. :-)
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My local paper uses AP and they did not mention it either.
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