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Human Rights report slams Iran for harassing gays

Human Rights Watch accused Iran of legal and persistent harassment of gays, and has called on it to rescind laws allowing execution for consensual same-sex intercourse, in a report released Wednesday.
The New York-based organization documents cases of arbitrary arrests, invasions of homes, mistreatment of detainees and the denial of due legal process to people suspected of nonconformist sexual activity.
The 102-page report cites allegations that suspected offenders were themselves sexually abused in detention by security authorities.