GAY IRANIAN WINS DEPORTATION BATTLE IN BRITAIN

That's a great news for a gay Iranian who says he faces death if forced to return home !!!! Mehdi Kazemi, 19, came to London to study English in 2005 but later said he had discovered that his boyfriend had been arrested by Iranian police, charged with sodomy and hanged.

British authorities refused his asylum application last year, as did Dutch authorities, but in March Britain agreed to reconsider the case after "new circumstances" came to light. The UK Border Agency said yesterday it had decided to grant him asylum. We keep cases under review where circumstances have changed and it has been decided that Mr. Kazemi should be granted leave to remain in the UK based on the particular facts of this case," The Iranian authorities "routinely imprison, torture and execute homosexuals," the lawmakers said in a resolution. AFP

Yes Mehdi Kazemi is safe but Mehdi is not the only gay in his country.

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[Thomas]

"British authorities refused his asylum application last year, as did Dutch authorities"

Hold on, now you're making us sound evil! Dutch authorities didn't refuse his asylum application, they simply couldn't consider it because EU law states a person can only apply for asylum in one of the 27 member states. That means Mr. Kazemi's 2nd application for asylum in the Netherlands was illegal by EU law and there was nothing Dutch authorities could do.