The card, and the exemption for homosexuality as a disease, put Fazeli Monfared in danger, she said.
The organization reported the relative had previously told Fazeli Monfared’s father that the young man had dishonored the family due to the way he dressed.īBC Persian reported Friday that it received audio recordings of Fazeli Monfared saying his family had threatened his life.Īfter finding the exemption card, a group of male relatives took Fazeli Monfared to a rural village near Ahvaz on May 4 and killed him, Shadi Amin, executive director of 6Rang, told NBC News. Fazeli Monfared received an exemption card in the mail from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after disclosing his homosexuality, but one of his male relatives found it and discovered he was gay, according to 6Rang.
