On May 7th, 2021, 17th Ordibehesht 1400, 6rang (The Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network):   Ali Fazeli Monfared, known to family and friends as Alireza, was a twenty-year-old gay man living in the neighborhood of Mahal Tasviye Shekar (Sugar Refining Path) in Ahvaz, Iran. Alireza was kidnapped by a group of men from his … Continue reading Murder of a young Ahwazi gay man after the revelation of his sexual orientation through a military exemption card