From http://www.petitiononline.com/kianaf/petition.html:
To: To save Kiana Firouz's life by stopping her deport from UKDear Friends
Kiana Firouz, is an Iranian Lesbian whose application for asylum has been turned down by the home office. Her appeal against home office’s decision was dismissed by the adjudicator with baseless grounds. Notwithstanding Home office officially accepted the fact that she is a lesbian within the refusal letter. Please sign the following petition to save her life before it’s too late
Homosexuality in Iran, treated according to the Islamic law, is a sin in the eyes of God and a crime for society. In Islam generally homosexuality is among the worst possible sins you can imagine" (PB).The punishment for lesbianism involving persons who are mature, of sound mind, and consenting, is 100 lashes. If the act is repeated three times and punishment is enforced each time, the death sentence will apply on the fourth occasion. (Articles 127, 129, 130) The ways of proving lesbianism in court are the same as for male homosexuality. (Article 128)
Sincerely,
Go to that petition to sign it.
This bums me out. Without a larger context, this makes Iran appear as a simple backwater country. The appearance is worsened by the irony of the situation in America, where the largest opponents of Iran as a nation and homosexuality are the same segment of the population. Now I know where my Dome Over the Bay Area fantasies come from.