Oh, those crazy Iranians…
Remember how Ach-moo-dent-in-jab told us there were no homosexuals in Iran? He could be right about that, considering anybody who reveals himself is hanged. Here’s another offense that carries the death penalty in Iran: blogging.
Well, blogging about the wrong things, anyway. This article in the Jerusulem Post is a little contradictory about which offenses carry the death penalty–in the first line you get it for insulting Islam or drug trafficking; later Kurds are killed for spying and separatist propadanda.
Nonetheless, a new law has been passed there to make sure the death penalty is extended to crimes committed online, presumably like insulting Islam via a blog or opening up an online head shop. Or just being gay online, one might suppose. Though the Internet is global, one assumes punishment is a local affair–if not, maybe Perez Hilton should be our next ambassador.
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