Gay Iranian wins UK asylum fight

May 20, 2008 – 9:31 pm

Britain has granted asylum to Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian student who faced deportation from the United Kingdom and feared execution in Iran for being homosexual, officials confirmed Tuesday.


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