*Ayaz was believed to be 18 years old when he was murdered.
According to British activist Peter Thatchell, over 4,000 lesbian or gay Iranians have been put to death since the Ayatollahs took over in 1979.
THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR KILLING CHILDREN!
Posted 30 June 2006
The worldwide gay community will never forget the murder of two boys, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, in Iran on 19 July last year.They were executed by the short drop method from the back of a lorry resulting in several minutes of deliberately prolonged agony before their deaths (see GayEgypt.com investigation-www.gayegypt.com/march2006.html)
They were both children and under 18 at the time of their alleged "crimes". The Iranian government claims that they were guilty of rape were greeted with skepticism from the outset, but subsequent testimony has shown that they were in fact two children in love who had charges fabricated against them in order to appease international opinion.According to research by Simon Forbes of Outrage"Mahmoud and Ayaz were charged with the capital crime of homosexuality after a disapproving family member reported their relationship to the police."At least one, and possibly both, of the hanged boys were members of Iran's persecuted Arab minority. Racism appears to have played a part in the stereotypical way they were portrayed by the regime as being ‘underclass' thieves and hooligans."The style of execution where the victim is pushed off the back of a lorry was of a type rarely, if ever, heard of in Iran before but which may have been practiced by the Taliban in Afghanistan. A similar method, employing a horse and cart, was also used in Britain at Tyburn but outlawed over two hundred years ago !The photographs clearly show that a short drop execution method was used. The two boys were made to walk up on to the back of a lorry, were each attached to a noose and then the vehicle moved off. This would have left them suspended in agony for up to several minutes before they would have lapsed into unconsciousness.A "short drop" means a drop of only one or two feet, which usually causes the victim to suffer more since it is not long enough to break the neck but creates enough force to sever the neck muscles and skin. According to Professor Stuart Banner, even in the case of a normal drop hanging the results can be horrific."As the rope encircled their necks, or as the force of the drop wrenched the larynx from the trachea, they lost the ability to breathe. The mouth and nose turned dark purple. The eyes bulged monstrously wide. Convulsions extended gradually throughout the body. Asphyxiation took several excruciating minutes."In the case of these boys a drop of around eight feet or almost three meters would be normally required to ensure a relatively quick end but as you can see from the pictures this is clearly not the case.It's also noticeable that the rope used is of the antiquated hangman's noose type, which is centuries old, and tends to cause death by gradual strangulation rather than the quicker methods employed in most other countries which still retain death by hanging as a capital punishment.The number of coils above the noose was also minimal. When the drop occurs, they slide down and the force of impact can, if sufficient, break the neck which means the victim is immediately rendered unconscious.However, while it's impossible to be precise, they seem to have used just four to five coils above the noose which would minimize the impact force and lengthen the time taken for the victims to die. The traditional noose is normally comprised of from five to thirteen coils, with a larger number preferred to increase the chance of a quicker, less prolonged, death.They also seem to have been blindfolded at a much earlier stage than would be normal. You will notice that at least one of the boys, and presumably both, are led from the van blindfolded. Typically, in most countries, a prisoner would not be blindfolded or hooded until the very last moment just prior to the noose being put around their neck. This is because, although they will see the gallows, their executioners and the crowd, it is generally accepted that most prisoners are more frightened by not knowing what is happening.You will also notice how the blindfold begins to come off one of the boys just moments before his execution. But more disconcerting is the fact that in the final photograph showing them hanging, you can not see any evidence of the blindfolds. This is surprising since you can clearly see, in the photograph taken prior to execution, strands of the blindfold hanging to one side of the head on both boys. However in the final picture there is no evidence of a blindfold on either boy. It is as if some sadistic executioner decided to remove the blindfolds at the last moment (the exact reverse of the normal procedure). Perhaps so the crowd could better witness the agony of their deaths.
From Answers.com
Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were Iranian Arab teenagers from the province of Khuzestan who were hanged in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad, northeast Iran, on July 19 2005. The case attracted international attention due to the age of the boys, and the claim that they were put to death for consensual gay sex.
The executions were first reported in English by the British campaigning group OutRage!, who claimed that the Iranian Students' News Agency, in an online article on the day of the executions, indicated that the two were executed because they had been caught having sex with each other. This claim has been challenged by Hadi Ghaemi, Human Rights Watch's Iran researcher and a native Persian speaker, who said that the ISNA article was titled "Lavat beh Onf." He translated the title as "homosexual act by coercion".
According to British activist Peter Thatchell, over 4,000 lesbian or gay Iranians have been put to death since the Ayatollahs took over in 1979.
THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR KILLING CHILDREN!
Posted 30 June 2006
The worldwide gay community will never forget the murder of two boys, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, in Iran on 19 July last year.They were executed by the short drop method from the back of a lorry resulting in several minutes of deliberately prolonged agony before their deaths (see GayEgypt.com investigation-www.gayegypt.com/march2006.html)
They were both children and under 18 at the time of their alleged "crimes". The Iranian government claims that they were guilty of rape were greeted with skepticism from the outset, but subsequent testimony has shown that they were in fact two children in love who had charges fabricated against them in order to appease international opinion.According to research by Simon Forbes of Outrage"Mahmoud and Ayaz were charged with the capital crime of homosexuality after a disapproving family member reported their relationship to the police."At least one, and possibly both, of the hanged boys were members of Iran's persecuted Arab minority. Racism appears to have played a part in the stereotypical way they were portrayed by the regime as being ‘underclass' thieves and hooligans."The style of execution where the victim is pushed off the back of a lorry was of a type rarely, if ever, heard of in Iran before but which may have been practiced by the Taliban in Afghanistan. A similar method, employing a horse and cart, was also used in Britain at Tyburn but outlawed over two hundred years ago !The photographs clearly show that a short drop execution method was used. The two boys were made to walk up on to the back of a lorry, were each attached to a noose and then the vehicle moved off. This would have left them suspended in agony for up to several minutes before they would have lapsed into unconsciousness.A "short drop" means a drop of only one or two feet, which usually causes the victim to suffer more since it is not long enough to break the neck but creates enough force to sever the neck muscles and skin. According to Professor Stuart Banner, even in the case of a normal drop hanging the results can be horrific."As the rope encircled their necks, or as the force of the drop wrenched the larynx from the trachea, they lost the ability to breathe. The mouth and nose turned dark purple. The eyes bulged monstrously wide. Convulsions extended gradually throughout the body. Asphyxiation took several excruciating minutes."In the case of these boys a drop of around eight feet or almost three meters would be normally required to ensure a relatively quick end but as you can see from the pictures this is clearly not the case.It's also noticeable that the rope used is of the antiquated hangman's noose type, which is centuries old, and tends to cause death by gradual strangulation rather than the quicker methods employed in most other countries which still retain death by hanging as a capital punishment.The number of coils above the noose was also minimal. When the drop occurs, they slide down and the force of impact can, if sufficient, break the neck which means the victim is immediately rendered unconscious.However, while it's impossible to be precise, they seem to have used just four to five coils above the noose which would minimize the impact force and lengthen the time taken for the victims to die. The traditional noose is normally comprised of from five to thirteen coils, with a larger number preferred to increase the chance of a quicker, less prolonged, death.They also seem to have been blindfolded at a much earlier stage than would be normal. You will notice that at least one of the boys, and presumably both, are led from the van blindfolded. Typically, in most countries, a prisoner would not be blindfolded or hooded until the very last moment just prior to the noose being put around their neck. This is because, although they will see the gallows, their executioners and the crowd, it is generally accepted that most prisoners are more frightened by not knowing what is happening.You will also notice how the blindfold begins to come off one of the boys just moments before his execution. But more disconcerting is the fact that in the final photograph showing them hanging, you can not see any evidence of the blindfolds. This is surprising since you can clearly see, in the photograph taken prior to execution, strands of the blindfold hanging to one side of the head on both boys. However in the final picture there is no evidence of a blindfold on either boy. It is as if some sadistic executioner decided to remove the blindfolds at the last moment (the exact reverse of the normal procedure). Perhaps so the crowd could better witness the agony of their deaths.
From Answers.com
Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were Iranian Arab teenagers from the province of Khuzestan who were hanged in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad, northeast Iran, on July 19 2005. The case attracted international attention due to the age of the boys, and the claim that they were put to death for consensual gay sex.
The executions were first reported in English by the British campaigning group OutRage!, who claimed that the Iranian Students' News Agency, in an online article on the day of the executions, indicated that the two were executed because they had been caught having sex with each other. This claim has been challenged by Hadi Ghaemi, Human Rights Watch's Iran researcher and a native Persian speaker, who said that the ISNA article was titled "Lavat beh Onf." He translated the title as "homosexual act by coercion".
*Ayaz was believed to be 18 years old when he was murdered.
According to British activist Peter Thatchell, over 4,000 lesbian or gay Iranians have been put to death since the Ayatollahs took over in 1979.
THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR KILLING CHILDREN!
Posted 30 June 2006
The worldwide gay community will never forget the murder of two boys, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, in Iran on 19 July last year.They were executed by the short drop method from the back of a lorry resulting in several minutes of deliberately prolonged agony before their deaths (see GayEgypt.com investigation-www.gayegypt.com/march2006.html)
They were both children and under 18 at the time of their alleged "crimes". The Iranian government claims that they were guilty of rape were greeted with skepticism from the outset, but subsequent testimony has shown that they were in fact two children in love who had charges fabricated against them in order to appease international opinion.According to research by Simon Forbes of Outrage"Mahmoud and Ayaz were charged with the capital crime of homosexuality after a disapproving family member reported their relationship to the police."At least one, and possibly both, of the hanged boys were members of Iran's persecuted Arab minority. Racism appears to have played a part in the stereotypical way they were portrayed by the regime as being ‘underclass' thieves and hooligans."The style of execution where the victim is pushed off the back of a lorry was of a type rarely, if ever, heard of in Iran before but which may have been practiced by the Taliban in Afghanistan. A similar method, employing a horse and cart, was also used in Britain at Tyburn but outlawed over two hundred years ago !The photographs clearly show that a short drop execution method was used. The two boys were made to walk up on to the back of a lorry, were each attached to a noose and then the vehicle moved off. This would have left them suspended in agony for up to several minutes before they would have lapsed into unconsciousness.A "short drop" means a drop of only one or two feet, which usually causes the victim to suffer more since it is not long enough to break the neck but creates enough force to sever the neck muscles and skin. According to Professor Stuart Banner, even in the case of a normal drop hanging the results can be horrific."As the rope encircled their necks, or as the force of the drop wrenched the larynx from the trachea, they lost the ability to breathe. The mouth and nose turned dark purple. The eyes bulged monstrously wide. Convulsions extended gradually throughout the body. Asphyxiation took several excruciating minutes."In the case of these boys a drop of around eight feet or almost three meters would be normally required to ensure a relatively quick end but as you can see from the pictures this is clearly not the case.It's also noticeable that the rope used is of the antiquated hangman's noose type, which is centuries old, and tends to cause death by gradual strangulation rather than the quicker methods employed in most other countries which still retain death by hanging as a capital punishment.The number of coils above the noose was also minimal. When the drop occurs, they slide down and the force of impact can, if sufficient, break the neck which means the victim is immediately rendered unconscious.However, while it's impossible to be precise, they seem to have used just four to five coils above the noose which would minimize the impact force and lengthen the time taken for the victims to die. The traditional noose is normally comprised of from five to thirteen coils, with a larger number preferred to increase the chance of a quicker, less prolonged, death.They also seem to have been blindfolded at a much earlier stage than would be normal. You will notice that at least one of the boys, and presumably both, are led from the van blindfolded. Typically, in most countries, a prisoner would not be blindfolded or hooded until the very last moment just prior to the noose being put around their neck. This is because, although they will see the gallows, their executioners and the crowd, it is generally accepted that most prisoners are more frightened by not knowing what is happening.You will also notice how the blindfold begins to come off one of the boys just moments before his execution. But more disconcerting is the fact that in the final photograph showing them hanging, you can not see any evidence of the blindfolds. This is surprising since you can clearly see, in the photograph taken prior to execution, strands of the blindfold hanging to one side of the head on both boys. However in the final picture there is no evidence of a blindfold on either boy. It is as if some sadistic executioner decided to remove the blindfolds at the last moment (the exact reverse of the normal procedure). Perhaps so the crowd could better witness the agony of their deaths.
From Answers.com
Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were Iranian Arab teenagers from the province of Khuzestan who were hanged in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad, northeast Iran, on July 19 2005. The case attracted international attention due to the age of the boys, and the claim that they were put to death for consensual gay sex.
The executions were first reported in English by the British campaigning group OutRage!, who claimed that the Iranian Students' News Agency, in an online article on the day of the executions, indicated that the two were executed because they had been caught having sex with each other. This claim has been challenged by Hadi Ghaemi, Human Rights Watch's Iran researcher and a native Persian speaker, who said that the ISNA article was titled "Lavat beh Onf." He translated the title as "homosexual act by coercion".
According to British activist Peter Thatchell, over 4,000 lesbian or gay Iranians have been put to death since the Ayatollahs took over in 1979.
THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR KILLING CHILDREN!
Posted 30 June 2006
The worldwide gay community will never forget the murder of two boys, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, in Iran on 19 July last year.They were executed by the short drop method from the back of a lorry resulting in several minutes of deliberately prolonged agony before their deaths (see GayEgypt.com investigation-www.gayegypt.com/march2006.html)
They were both children and under 18 at the time of their alleged "crimes". The Iranian government claims that they were guilty of rape were greeted with skepticism from the outset, but subsequent testimony has shown that they were in fact two children in love who had charges fabricated against them in order to appease international opinion.According to research by Simon Forbes of Outrage"Mahmoud and Ayaz were charged with the capital crime of homosexuality after a disapproving family member reported their relationship to the police."At least one, and possibly both, of the hanged boys were members of Iran's persecuted Arab minority. Racism appears to have played a part in the stereotypical way they were portrayed by the regime as being ‘underclass' thieves and hooligans."The style of execution where the victim is pushed off the back of a lorry was of a type rarely, if ever, heard of in Iran before but which may have been practiced by the Taliban in Afghanistan. A similar method, employing a horse and cart, was also used in Britain at Tyburn but outlawed over two hundred years ago !The photographs clearly show that a short drop execution method was used. The two boys were made to walk up on to the back of a lorry, were each attached to a noose and then the vehicle moved off. This would have left them suspended in agony for up to several minutes before they would have lapsed into unconsciousness.A "short drop" means a drop of only one or two feet, which usually causes the victim to suffer more since it is not long enough to break the neck but creates enough force to sever the neck muscles and skin. According to Professor Stuart Banner, even in the case of a normal drop hanging the results can be horrific."As the rope encircled their necks, or as the force of the drop wrenched the larynx from the trachea, they lost the ability to breathe. The mouth and nose turned dark purple. The eyes bulged monstrously wide. Convulsions extended gradually throughout the body. Asphyxiation took several excruciating minutes."In the case of these boys a drop of around eight feet or almost three meters would be normally required to ensure a relatively quick end but as you can see from the pictures this is clearly not the case.It's also noticeable that the rope used is of the antiquated hangman's noose type, which is centuries old, and tends to cause death by gradual strangulation rather than the quicker methods employed in most other countries which still retain death by hanging as a capital punishment.The number of coils above the noose was also minimal. When the drop occurs, they slide down and the force of impact can, if sufficient, break the neck which means the victim is immediately rendered unconscious.However, while it's impossible to be precise, they seem to have used just four to five coils above the noose which would minimize the impact force and lengthen the time taken for the victims to die. The traditional noose is normally comprised of from five to thirteen coils, with a larger number preferred to increase the chance of a quicker, less prolonged, death.They also seem to have been blindfolded at a much earlier stage than would be normal. You will notice that at least one of the boys, and presumably both, are led from the van blindfolded. Typically, in most countries, a prisoner would not be blindfolded or hooded until the very last moment just prior to the noose being put around their neck. This is because, although they will see the gallows, their executioners and the crowd, it is generally accepted that most prisoners are more frightened by not knowing what is happening.You will also notice how the blindfold begins to come off one of the boys just moments before his execution. But more disconcerting is the fact that in the final photograph showing them hanging, you can not see any evidence of the blindfolds. This is surprising since you can clearly see, in the photograph taken prior to execution, strands of the blindfold hanging to one side of the head on both boys. However in the final picture there is no evidence of a blindfold on either boy. It is as if some sadistic executioner decided to remove the blindfolds at the last moment (the exact reverse of the normal procedure). Perhaps so the crowd could better witness the agony of their deaths.
From Answers.com
Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni were Iranian Arab teenagers from the province of Khuzestan who were hanged in Edalat (Justice) Square in Mashhad, northeast Iran, on July 19 2005. The case attracted international attention due to the age of the boys, and the claim that they were put to death for consensual gay sex.
The executions were first reported in English by the British campaigning group OutRage!, who claimed that the Iranian Students' News Agency, in an online article on the day of the executions, indicated that the two were executed because they had been caught having sex with each other. This claim has been challenged by Hadi Ghaemi, Human Rights Watch's Iran researcher and a native Persian speaker, who said that the ISNA article was titled "Lavat beh Onf." He translated the title as "homosexual act by coercion".
