Iran executed two gay men on sodomy charges on Sunday, local human rights groups and media organizations have reported
The theocratic state has previously used its sodomy charge to execute LGBTQ+ people, according to The Jerusalem Post. The outlet cited research from a 2008 British dispatch that Iran has executed 4,000 to 6,000 LGBTQ+ people since its 1979 Islamic revolution. Since the revolution, Iran’s laws are dictated by an ultraconservative interpretation of Islam.
International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 