Two LGBTQ+ activists have been sentenced to death in Iran for “promoting homosexuality".
According to the Kurdish human rights organisation Hengaw, Zahra Sediqi Hamedani, also known as “Sara”, 31, and Elham Chubdar, 24, were both sentenced to death for “corruption on Earth."
The two women were convicted of “promoting homosexuality”, as well as “promoting Christianity” and “communicating with the media opposing the Islamic Republic”, in January this year.
