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 Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: Gay Iranian deportation reviewed |
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Last Updated: Thursday, 13 March 2008, 17:12 GMT
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Gay Iranian deportation reviewed
Iran has regularly executed people it has convicted of homosexual acts
The home secretary is to review the case of Iranian homosexual teenager Mehdi Kazemi, who has said he will be executed if forced to return to Iran.
The UK rejected his first asylum plea, but Jacqui Smith has now granted him a temporary reprieve from deportation while she reconsiders his case.
Mr Kazemi, 19, had failed to gain asylum in the Netherlands.
Homosexual acts are illegal in Iran and Mr Kazemi's boyfriend had named him as his partner before his own execution.
Ms Smith said: "Following representations made on behalf of Mehdi Kazemi, and in the light of new circumstances since the original decision was made, I have decided that Mr Kazemi's case should be reconsidered on his return to the UK from the Netherlands."
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