However...Not that Iran would trump up charges of rape to justify executing young gay men of course...
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Sat 20 Oct 2007, 10:50,
archived)
See:www.petertatchell.net/international/iranexecution.htm
“The allegation of rape may be a trumped up charge to undermine public sympathy for the youths. The Iranian regime often resorts to smears and false allegations to discredit people it has executed and to undermine human rights campaigns."
and here, too : www.petertatchell.net/international/iranexecution2.htm
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Sat 20 Oct 2007, 12:59,
archived)
“The allegation of rape may be a trumped up charge to undermine public sympathy for the youths. The Iranian regime often resorts to smears and false allegations to discredit people it has executed and to undermine human rights campaigns."
and here, too : www.petertatchell.net/international/iranexecution2.htm