Iranian Honour Killing: Trans murdered by her brothers in Tehran
By Dan Littauer, Editor of Gay Middle East
12.9.2010
http://gaymiddleeast.com/news/news%20224.htmTehran, Iran. Farsnews reported that on April 25th, 2010 police found a 24 year old woman dead in her apartment, on Shariati St. After an initial investigation it became apparent the woman was called Mahsa and was a transsexual that had undergone sex-change assignment (his name before sex-change was Masood). Mahsa was strangled, and the police found out that her brothers were perpetrators. In addition the brothers stole money they found on her. The two brothers confessed to the killing of Mahsa, and mentioned the reason as "opposing her immorality". Their father, who in Iranian Shari'a law is the Vali'ye Dam (Masa's blood-owner), forgave his two sons for the murder. One brother was sentenced to 8 years in prison, with five years suspended jail time and the other for three with two years suspended jail time. In other words the brothers would only serve three and one year respectively in prison for murder!
