Hate speech and propaganda against the LGBTQ+ community were used during and after the nationwide anti-regime protests to spread fear of the protests, report finds. A report published by the Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang) in March 2023 investigated the prevalence and context of official hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community.Silencing protests: Official hate […]
Zahra (Sareh) Sedighi Hamedani to be released from Urmia Prison after the payment of her $45,000 bail 6Rang is pleased to announce that Zahra Sedighi Hamedani, better known as Sareh, was released from Urmia Prison this morning. Sareh, an LGBTQ+ rights activist, was arrested in the West Azerbaijan province on 27th of October 2021 by […]
According to news received by 6Rang on March 13th, 2023, Elham Choubdar has been released after a one billion Rial bail was paid. This is great news. However, Sareh Sedighi Hamedani is still imprisoned due to failing to post a two billion Rial bail. Elham was arrested about a month after Sareh in Iran and […]
Doski Azad, a transgender woman of 23 years old, was killed last year in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, in a horrific and senseless act of violence that draws attention to the persistent prejudice and marginalization experienced by the LGBT+ population in the area. Doski, a make-up artist and internet personality who was open about her transition […]
Zur diesjährige Gedenkstunde für die Opfer der NS-Diktatur im Deutschen Bundestag schreibt die Selbstorganisation „6rang – Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network“: „In diesem Jahr hat sich der Deutsche Bundestag zum ersten Mal am Holocaust-Gedenktag mit der Verfolgung, Ermordung und Folter von Homosexuellen durch das NS-Regime befasst. Bundestagspräsidentin Bas legte am Denkmal für die im Nationalsozialismus verfolgten […]
After immense international pressure, appeals against the death sentences of two Iranian LGBTQ+ activists have been accepted. 6Rang has been informed that the two LGBTQ+ activists have had their appeal approved and their case sent to another court in Urmia for review. Elham Choubdar and Zahra ‘Sareh’ Seddighi Hamedani, who are currently awaiting retrial in […]
A platform aimed to document human rights violations provide legal and psychological assistance to Iranian LGBTQ+ people launched on 19th of December 2022 in accordance with the rise of violence against LGBTQ+ people. This platform launch comes at a time when many LGBTQ+ people are involved in the protests taking place in Iran, and thus […]
Over 150 influential writers, artists, politicians, and citizens are calling for overturning the death penalty for two Iranian women who have been sentenced to death on charges of “corruption on Earth through the promotion of homosexuality”. Amid the executions of protestors in Iran, concern has been rising over the fate of Zahra Sedighi (Sareh), 33, […]
Darya Nili – Blade I was a lone soldier of the queer community, waving the rainbow flag in Trafalgar Square in London during one of the many protests organized by the Iranian diaspora. Most of the people shouting “woman, life, freedom,” were Iranians who had lived outside Iran for years, even decades. Some were second […]
The director of Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang), Shadi Amin, spoke at the special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in Iran. Amin, who is also a board member of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), gave a statement on behalf of […]