Henry T. Wooster
Iran Desk
U.S. State Department
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. Wooster:
Reports are circulating on the web among activists in the anti death penalty, human rights and gay communities that Iran may soon execute two homosexual men.
The only information I have about this matter comes from the emails below.
I have searched many news sites with daily coverage on Iran and have thus far not found any additional information about these two men, possibly facing the death penalty.
Since you are the analyst for the State Department who monitors the political and social situations in Iran, I ask you, what information, if any, do you possess about the case of Farid Mostaar and Ahmad Chooka in Arak, Iran?
Please let know if the State Department is aware of this case and the department is monitoring the developments in the case.
Regards,
Michael Petrelis
San Francisco, CA
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:20:34 -0400
From: Scott Long
To: Rex Wockner
Subject: RE: IRAN again
Versions of this alert have been all over the Internet this morning,
coming from various groups, but none of them seem to be the originator or
indicate what the source is (presumably) inside Iran. We are trying now to
track down the original source and get more information. Will let you
know more very soon, I hope.
Scott Long
Director
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Project
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY USA 10118
Tel. +01 (212) 216-1297
Fax +01 (212) 216-1876
E-mail: longs@hrw.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto Rodriguez [mailto:robertorodriguez@ilga.org]
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 9:49 AM
To: Rex Wockner; OutRage!News Service; Scott Long; Paula Ettelbrick
Subject: IRAN again
Importance: High
I just received this. Have you heard anything about it?
Best,
Roberto Rodriguez
Manager
ILGA
International Lesbian and Gay Association
Avenue des Villas, 34 1060 Brussels
+32 (0)2 502 24 71
www.ilga.org
The following information has been submitted in the ILGA's contact query
form:
Date: 12.08.2005
First Name: ardeshir
Last Name: dolat
Email: ardeshirdolat@hotmail.com
Message: Dear Friends
We hereby bring it to your attention that two more homosexuals in Iran are
due to be publicly executed in the city of Arak, in central Iran on 27
August 2005. It is incumbent upon all of us to do all we can to stop the
Iranian regime from this atrocity against Farid Mostaar and Ahmad Chooka.
Whilst an overwhelming majority of the countries and world population
accept the rights of homosexualls, the Iranian regime still punishes
homosexuals by way of the barbaric, inhumane and totally unjustifiable
death penalty, which can never be an adequate punishment for any crime let
alone for homosexuality. Please do all you can to put pressure on the
barbaric and medieval Islamic regime of Iran to reconsider their penal
system regarding the death penalty in its entirety. Furthermore, we urge
you to contact other appropriate organisations on behalf of Ahmad and
Farid so that an international pressure can be affected on the Islamic
regime of Iran to save Ahmad's and Farid's lives.
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